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Love comes on the cold wind

from Singing on the Wind by Anne Lister

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In the tales about the lovers Diarmuid and Grainne, Aengus Og, the God of Love, is often described as coming in on the cold wind to rescue them. Beara - February 1999.

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Love comes on the cold wind and in the darkest night
Creeps unexpectedly, avoids thought and sight
Love comes with a rescue boat, with no sails or oars
Coming to find you through locked windows and doors.

Love brings you to danger, takes you from a safer place
Leads you wandering homeless into blame or disgrace
Love puts bonds upon you, made of silken chain
Leaves you in a golden cage, you're not free again.

Love gives your soul its music, and teaches you to sing
Gives the world its colour, but gives the bee its sting
Sweet as shadows, dark as honey, true as moonlight, blue as steel
Vanishes like fairy gold, feels twice as real.

Love comes on the cold wind, acting as your friend
Using smoke and mirrors to hide the story's end
Love stands before you smiling, invites you to play
There's no one in this wide world who can turn away.

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from Singing on the Wind, released August 5, 2021
Mike O'Connor - fiddle. Terry Mann - sax. Julia Lane - harp

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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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