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Soul Bird

by Kieran McMahon

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Soul Bird 03:56
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SOUL BIRD Laughter Joy on the street Summer Shimmering heat On its way Innocently passing by What a day Blue the colour of the sky Soul bird Ghost wings Caught in the light Frozen Motionless flight On its way Innocently passing by What a day Blue the colour of the sky In the sun Feathers waiting on the wind Now it’s done There’s no turning back again Soul bird Laughter Joy on the street Summer Shimmering heat On its way Innocently passing by What a day Blue the colour of the sky In the sun Feathers waiting on the wind Now it’s done There’s no turning back again Soul bird Innocently passing by Blue the colour of the sky Soul bird Feathers waiting on the wind There’s no turning back again Soul bird Soul bird Soul bird Soul bird
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Where the Dark River Meets the Sea 03:25
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WHERE THE DARK RIVER MEETS THE SEA Standing in the light At the gate of a lone house Staring at a field Where some horses are grazing Insects are humming Soft on the breeze Down where the dark river meets … Echoes far behind Of the stone-coloured sadness Blowing through the flowers In a cloud-sheltered valley Dimly recalling Blood on the street Down where the dark river meets the sea Searching for a lake Hidden deep in the mountains Springing stone to stone On the steep rocky hillside Sun rising slowly Over the trees Down where the dark river meets the sea Sun rising slowly Over the trees Down where the dark river meets the sea Sun rising slowly Over the trees Down where the dark river meets the sea
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Dream Winter's Day 04:07
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DREAM WINTER’S DAY Lazing in the afternoon A sun that looks more like a moon Beyond the iced-up windowpane Painted white the naked trees Imagining the summer breeze Wishing it was only rain One dream winter’s day Side by side our footprints on the ground One dream winter’s day Won't be long until they can't be found Icicles along a ledge The stationmaster blue and red Whistle at his fingertips People moving here and there Their voices mingling in the air Breath emerging from their lips One dream winter’s day Side by side our footprints on the ground One dream winter’s day Won't be long until they can't be found As time melts away Falling through our fingers like the snow As time melts away Drifting further than we'll ever know One dream winter’s day High above us looking down A symphony without the sound Frozen city far below Rising slowly through the sky An aeroplane about to fly Captured in the hazy glow One dream winter’s day Side by side our footprints on the ground One dream winter’s day Won't be long until they can't be found As time melts away Falling through our fingers like the snow As time melts away Drifting further than we'll ever know One dream winter’s day One dream winter’s day Side by side our footprints on the ground Won't be long until they can't be found One dream winter’s day Falling through our fingers like the snow Drifting further than we'll ever know One dream winter’s day
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Underneath a Hazel Tree 03:24
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UNDERNEATH A HAZEL TREE Walking up the lonely hillside Where the birds and the silver stream Weave a spell of ancient wonder While the leaves glisten in a dream Still I see my father standing Underneath a hazel tree Will I ever understand it What he's whispering to me Near the house a long-lost garden Waves of earth under tangled briars In the hearth a bright red flower With the flames of forgotten fires Still I see my father standing Underneath a hazel tree Will I ever understand it What he's whispering to me Still I see my father standing Underneath a hazel tree Will I ever understand it What he's whispering to me Underneath a hazel tree
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This Once 03:13
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THIS ONCE In a trance A spell that you can break Left to chance She may not ever wake This once Why can't you stay On such a day You're the sun in the sky In her wild ocean eyes In the past You should have seen her smile Time moves fast Just wait with her a while This once Why can't you stay On such a day You're the sun in the sky In her wild ocean eyes This once This once This once Why can't you stay On such a day You're the sun in the sky In her wild ocean eyes You're the sun in the sky In her wild ocean eyes This once This once This once This once
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One Colour Ends and Another Begins 05:50
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ONE COLOUR ENDS AND ANOTHER BEGINS Late on the outskirts of town Lights on the train slowing down In her fingers the letter he wrote her Hanging down by her side in the breeze Watching the world as it silently spins As it silently spins Scenes drifting by through the glass Thoughts turning back from the past As he wonders if his words have reached her With the station just seconds away Watching the world as it silently spins Carried away like a leaf on the wind Like a leaf on the wind Like a leaf on the wind One colour ends and another begins Carried away like a leaf on the wind One colour ends and another begins One colour ends and another begins One colour ends and another begins
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Forever is Mine 03:48
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FOREVER IS MINE One summer morning I awake And through the rustling of the leaves outside I hear the sound the songbird makes And then its wings as it takes off and flies Rising on its way somewhere In its heart no thoughts or cares Unaware of passing time At this moment The sun lights up the mountainside While just above the branches of the tree The cotton cloud shapes in the sky Go sailing by upon the deep blue sea Rising on their way somewhere In their hearts no thoughts or cares Unaware of passing time At this moment Forever is mine Forever is mine I see you waiting on the shore Listening to the late night waves It feels like we've been here before Standing in this very place Rising on our way somewhere In our hearts no thoughts or cares Unaware of passing time At this moment Rising on our way somewhere In our hearts no thoughts or cares Unaware of passing time At this moment Forever is mine Forever is mine
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This Must Be the One 03:12
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THIS MUST BE THE ONE All across the island there’s a fever A nation tired of staring at four walls Most of us are lost without a leader And few of us will ever hear the call This must be the one Following the river where it’s flowing The rising mist above the water wide In our faces now a warm wind blowing The scent of freedom from the other side This must be the one This must be the one This must be the one This is how the well feels when the stone drops The splash and then the ripples in the dark There are certain moments when the world stops And suddenly we see just where we are This must be the one This must be the one This must be the one This must be the one This must be the one
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Love Takes its Time 04:33
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LOVE TAKES ITS TIME Cherry blossom on the evening breeze Children playing in a willow tree Love takes its time Love takes its time On a hilltop gazing at the town Far away from all the lights and sound Love takes its time Love takes its time Love takes its time Love takes its time Love takes its time
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Avalanche 03:48
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AVALANCHE So what are we gonna do now When all around’s an avalanche When all around’s an avalanche So what are we going through now Each one a grain of falling sand Each one a grain of falling sand Watching it happen Letting the world know When it comes crashing Not gonna let it show So how are we gonna live now Imagining another land Imagining another land So how are we gonna give now When all we have are broken hands When all we have are broken hands Watching it happen Letting the world know When it comes crashing Not gonna let it show No doubt there must be a way out From underneath the avalanche From underneath the avalanche No doubt the bird’s on its way now And in its beak the olive branch And in its beak the olive branch Watching it happen Letting the world know When it comes crashing Not gonna let it show Watching it happen Letting the world know When it comes crashing Not gonna let it show

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released July 17, 2015

All Songs Written and Composed by KIERAN McMAHON

KIERAN McMAHON: Vocals, 6 &12-String Acoustic Guitars, Spanish Guitar, Electric and Slide Guitars, Percussion, Handclaps

CAROLA McMAHON: Harmony and Backing Vocals, Electric Piano, Upright Piano, Organ, Glockenspiel, Recorder, Harmonium

ARNE PAUL NEUMANN: Bass Guitars, Baritone Guitar, Electric Guitarlele, Classical Guitar, Electric Piano Bass, Mellotron, Percussion, Handclaps, Backing Vocals

With Special Guests:

TOM OSANDER: Drums, Tambourine, Shakers, Timpani, Triangle

KOFI ROCCO ROSSBACH: Congas, Bongos, Shakers

STEFFI TAUBER: Guest Vocal and Backing Vocals on 'Soul Bird'

AISLINN McMAHON: Guest Vocals on 'Dream Winter's Day'

UPENDO LIEBSCH: Viola

JUDICA BRINKMEIER: Violin

Strings Arranged and Conducted by ARNE PAUL NEUMANN

All Songs Arranged and Produced by KIERAN McMAHON with ARNE PAUL NEUMANN and CAROLA McMAHON

16-Track Analog Recording by KIERAN McMAHON

Mixed by JOHANNES SAAL at Soundtank Studios

Additional Audio Editing by ARNE PAUL NEUMANN

Mastered by DOUG HENDERSON

Cover Painting by JOHN CULLEN

Hand-Written Titles by CAROLA McMAHON

Cover Layout by PAVITRO PAPADOPOULOS

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Kieran McMahon Berlin, Germany

Wistful Irish singer-songwriter with an impressionistic lyrical vision and darksome soulful voice.
Originally from Belfast, Kieran McMahon has been living in Berlin for over 20 years where he has just finished his fourth album of original songs. Recorded and mixed in his analog home studio, the new album 'Each Time You Lose Yourself' is being prepared for a 2022 release in Ireland. ... more

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