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Changing Tides

from Singing on the Wind by Anne Lister

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A local woman committed suicide in the early part of the year (1999), shortly before my visit to Beara. This is for her, and for all sufferers from depression. In Irish folklore, several tales are told of people who are taken by the Sidhe, or fairy folk, sometimes leaving their physical bodies behind. It made me wonder whether this is an alternative (or indeed an older) way to look at depression. Beara, February 1999.

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Across the fields she lost her way
The earth below her, the sky above
Who knows what took her on that day
They say they talked to her, but not enough.

It was a simple life, a simple place
The earth below her ...
None of the trouble of the city race
They say they talked ...

And it is easy, coming from outside, to say she had such a perfect life
No one hears the sound of changing tides.

Maybe she walked across a fairy mound
The earth ..
And there was music, a magic sound
They say ....

Or maybe silence is all she heard
The earth ...
No more singing winds or flying birds
They say ...

And me I sit here and drink it in
The earth ...
Fields showing the first green of spring
They say ...

Did she want what I would leave behind
The earth ...
Did she want city lights and frantic times
They say ...

The land of happiness is always over there
The earth ...
There's never worries and never care
They say ...

Sometimes storm winds will hide it all
The earth below us, the sky above
And we hear other siren calls
They say they talked to her, but not enough.

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from Singing on the Wind, released August 5, 2021
Mike O'Connor - fiddle. Annie Power - harmonies

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Anne Lister Wales, UK

Anne is best known for her song "Icarus", recorded and performed by a number of different singers, including Martin Simpson and Nic Jones. "Astrolabe" is her ninth solo album.

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