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Wings

from Shine by Nicholas Breeze Wood

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I dropped a gold coin in the ocean,
To let it be worn away,
Knowing that it would one day, within the blue.
And I didn't mind a little bit,
That nothing seemed to change,
No magic came in range for me to do.
And all the time the waves broke here,
On their way from the other side.
Bringing tales of high adventure,
On each and every tide.
And I tried to chase the mystery then,
That I had no right to know.
There’s no gate-crashing the show before it starts,
Oh but everybody wonders, and everybody dreams
And everyone has a question in their hearts

So I had to wait for the show to start, not knowing that It already had, thinking it was all so bad that I had to wait.
That I felt I was falling from a clear blue sky,
Scared I’d crash and blaze,
With the ground all in a haze far below.
Well I didn't know that I could fly back then,
I didn't know that I had wings.
I was to busy watching for bandits in the sun,
And all of those other things.
But the mystery seemed to touch me,
Like it seems to touch us all,
As we learn how not to fall and how to glide.
And I leant then how to wonder,
And I learn then how to dream,
And I leant then how to question all I spied

You put a message into my hand once, It was many Years ago, and I never had the nerve to ask you why.
It said hold tightly onto your dreams,
For you know that if dreams die,
life is a broken bird that cannot fly.
So I sought to follow my own dreams,
And I hope that you have too.
And the tales met on that journey,
I would like to share with you.
So let’s sit by this fire,
And warm up all our bones.
And share all those stories of our way.
And we can share the wonder,
We can share the dream,
We can share the questions.
What do you say?

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from Shine, released June 21, 2004
Words and Music © Nicholas Breeze Wood 2004

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Nicholas Breeze Wood UK

Multi instrumentalist singer-songwriter drawing on Rock, Arabic and Medieval music, using instruments from all those traditions

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