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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
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
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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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.
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