℗ Copyright 2024 by Midknightoil Music ☢ -=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=- 🧶 - Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/intl-fr/artist/6jhOn4H8qlBrQjgSXgBvbK 📻 - YouTube Music: https://music.youtube.com/channel/UCuW6er98D210fb6pIcp9jpA 🍎 - Apple Music: https://music.apple.com/us/artist/midknightoil-music/1771715875 ✖ - X Artist: https://x.com/Midknightoil_M 📽 - TikTok Artist: https://www.tiktok.com/@midknightoil 🎧 - Amazon Music: https://music.amazon.com/artists/B0DJCJXCL2/midknightoil-music 💜 - Deezer: https://www.deezer.com/us/artist/284428631 🌐 - Website: https://www.thrownexception.com Author Notes: Public Domain poetry written by the Canadian poet Sophie Margaretta Almon Hensley (May 31, 1866 – February 10, 1946), a writer and educator. Her poem "Echoes" is a beautiful piece that captures the essence of love, loss, and the passage of time. She contrasts fleeting moments of joy with the inevitability of death. In this place we acknowledge our mortality and savor every moment life offers. [INTRO] A breath And a sigh,-- How we fly From Death! A breath And a sigh,-- How we fly From Death!-- [VERSE 1] A palm Warm pressed, As we guessed Love's psalm. Sing on O our bird! Thou art heard Alone. [VERSE 2] A word Breathed close, And then rose The bird We know No life, Neither strife, Nor woe, [CHORUS] A breath And a sigh,-- How we fly From Death!-- [Instrumental Interlude] [VERSE 3] That cowers In the wood 'Mid a flood Of flowers, Nor aught But this hour,-- Love's dower Dear bought.-- [VERSE 4] Till Love's Heart sighs Like the cries Of doves,-- Death's voice Is away, And we may Rejoice. [CHORUS] A breath And a sigh,-- How we fly From Death!-- [VERSE 5] Then sings His song, Beating strong White wings,-- The bird Of our song May be long Unheard, [VERSE 6] Heart clear Though faint, Like a saint In prayer.-- But, Dear, Bend low; It is now We hear. [CHORUS] A breath And a sigh,-- How we fly From Death!-- [Instrumental Interlude] [VERSE 7] He reigns In power, And Love's hour Disdains. Dear Heart Your kiss!-- After this We part. [VERSE 8] Forget For a day All his sway, Life's fret. A breath And a sigh,-- How we fly From Death! [OUTRO] A breath And a sigh,-- How we fly From Death!-- A breath And a sigh,-- How we fly From Death!-- [FADE TO END]
