Name: The Spell
Duration: P00H04M00S
Description: The Spell is a haunting and dream-like track inspired by the Witch hunts and trials of East Scotland, imagining a persecuted ancestor speaking through the mists of time.

The Spell

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The Spell is a haunting and dream-like track inspired by the Witch hunts and trials of East Scotland, imagining a persecuted ancestor speaking through the mists of time.

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Selkirk Spell

Before the Essenes, there were we.
The gift came down from my Mother to me.
A guardian I was of sound
To sing the Earth into the clouds.

Who will hold you when you sleep?
In the vale of death, your heart to keep?
Who will mend the ills you fall?
The healing balm remembers all.

I could make my throat, like a butterfly.
I could pierce the heart like an arrow in flame.
I’m earth and wind and fire and rain.

Yeah they were afraid of the folk like me
A witch they said would burn at sea
They were afraid of the folk like me

But the sea is my mother
and she will carry me
from one life to another

I keep coming back

(The healers, the seers, the handlers of truth)
 
Lyrics ©️ Jo Beth Young 2020
Music ©️ NIGHTSONG 2020

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released October 20, 2020
Ali Karim: Production
John Reed: Cittern, backing vocals
Jo Beth Young: Vocals, acoustic guitar, keyboards, percussion
Jules Bangs: Bass guitar

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NIGHTSONG

Three creative minds with a collective interest in where we all come from and the lessons we can learn.

Using history and the good spirits of humankind to inspire love, learning, and community, and to create music for the soul.

ALI KARIM
JOHN REED
JO BETH YOUNG ... more

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