Songs from the Winds Call (2010)
- WINDS CALL
Listen to the sound of my wings
Listen to the son g my heart sings
Listen to the sound of my cry,I am eagle, the all-seeing- eye
I am watching, watching you
I am waiting for you to walk with time
hand in hand, journey this unknown land
I am the presence rustling the leaves
I am the air your heart breathes
I am the echo I am the space, I lie beneath the mask of your face
I am the eagle soaring the sky, I am the elders dancing the fire
I am the star-walkers charting your course
The ancestors of your life force
I am earth rebirthing you, I am fire baptizing you
I am water cleansing your soul,I am the winds call
- BEAUTIFUL WOMAN
Every day I celebrate beautiful woman, beautiful me
Every day I celebrate beautiful woman, beautiful me
I celebrate, I recreate, everything I am, everything that’s me
The God of sky shining through my eyes
Says the world is mine, sweet law divine
Everyday…
Oh sacred tribe of women past, you have circled me, you have blessed this child
Oh royal red running through my veins, dance with me and sing my soul again
Everyday…
My sister friends, my angel guides, you are the mirror to my truth inside
Each of you a flame in me, shining bright, we light the galaxy
Everyday …
3. JANUS
Who are you, why do you shadow me?
I do not recall a request for company
What’s the reason for your daily call?
Have we met somewhere? Do I know you at all?
Are you from near or afar? Have you come to heal or to harm?
Are you friend or dreaded foe? Should I stay, should I go, I don’t know
I’m the darkling I’m your shadow twin
I know the sacred sites of your soul’s skin
The Janus twins we are looking left and right
Love and fear the tools, what will you choose tonight?
I come from within not afar, I can heal and I can harm
I am friend disguised as foe, I‘m the door step inside, its open wide
No more will I run, no more will I hide
Face to face we stand, finally we collide
You walk me thru the mire of the valleys deep
And there you grow me wings to soar the mountain steep
Now I see the gift you bring darkness leads to light within
Yin and yang, each has its place
We are one, we are the same face
I choose love, I choose grace , I choose trust, I choose faith
That’s the risk that I take,
I choose hope, I choose belief, I choose gratitude, I choose love
That’s the choice that I make
Love, love, love, I choose love
4. IN THIS MOMENT NOW
I’m looking out through the window with these new born eyes
And magic calls to me from heaven’s skies
Diving off the mountain an eagle cloud swoops down
Falling, tumbling, whirling to the ground
Flying low it showers the mountainside
The gift is clear present here in this moment now
Here I stand, everything as it should be, perfect in this moment now
Here I stand looking out on the brand-new day, perfect in every way
I’m looking back through the window of my loaded past
Goodbye tired patterns I am free at last
Waiting on the future could be the key, but I’m not fine with inactivity
Being right feels good to me somehow
I sing this song and I belong in this moment now
History has fashioned me but I’m the writer of my story
And prisoner of the past or future I’ll not be
I trust every step I take as the step I need to make
Perfect synchronicity happening to you and me
Here I stand…
5. INSIDE (dedicated to Smithee)
I looked for love in many different places
I searched for love in the company of strangers
I walked for love in wild and open spaces
Hoping to find the footprint of loves traces
Every time my searching lead to nowhere
Every time I’d look up and ask where?
And the silence rolling in like a roaring sea
Carries the question floating soundlessly to settle on, settle on me
What do I know, what do I know
Sweet elusive love, thought you had eluded me
All this time, sweet love divine, you were waiting here inside just for me
I yearned for love, the yearning made me needy
It stained my eyes with fear and many soon did leave me
I cursed at love, the cursing only hurt me
I grabbed at love, it wrestled to be free
Now I know the search must be inside me
And any loving that I’m gonna do must begin with me
And the silence rolling in like a roaring sea
Carries the question floating soundlessly to settle on, settle on me
What do I know, what do I know
Sweet elusive love thought you had eluded me
All this time, sweet love divine
You were waiting here inside just for me (X3)
6. SEVEN OF THEM
The snow falls out of the blue bowl of the sky
And slowly powders the ground and the bodies lying side by side
One two three four five six , watching the distant horizon
Then all at once the messenger wind heralds a change in the air
Then in unison they rise to their feet standing in attention
To the stranger moving in their direction, his presence huge and strong
He eyes frame a quiet declaration, I come to speak my name
I stand and witness a scene so surreal I’m frozen, suspended in disbelief
I watch a polar bear walk up to a dog
Who’s crouching down and wagging its tail inviting the bear to play
I watch the bear reach out and stroke the dog’s head
Who licks his face, they smile then they embrace love
Seven nights he walked the path, walked the path right to their door
He brought love who needs anything more
Seven nights they watched and waited for him to come and play
When love calls can you turn away
The snow falls out of the blue bowl of the sky
And slowly powders the ground and the bodies lying side by side
One two three four five six, now seven of them, watching the horizon
7. TELL THEM I WAS HERE
He chose the outstretched arm of a weeping willow tree
And hung himself where everyone would see
And one by one passersby by in the traffic
Turned their heads from this dream reality
The eyes of leaves witnessed this quiet desperation
And the moaning wind echoed his plea
Tell them I was here, tell them I came
Tell them I was here, tell them my name, then take me home
Miles and miles we walk, crossing man made borders
Fleeing the fists of hate and the heel of poverty
Hopeful still to build a new dream, in a new land
But when we get there still we’re not heard and we’re not seen
Black river weaves and winds its weary way, it knows not how to stay
And the moaning wind echoes his plea
Tell them I was here, tell them I came
Tell them I was here, tell them my name, then take me home
Not long ago you and I walked this road of degradation and pain
And we vowed never, never will it happen here again
Unmask your fears and face them now so you can find your humanity
You become human only when you gift another dignity
There but for you go I, mark your sister, mark your brother
When will we discard the lie that each of us is “other?”
They cut down that tree, as if to punish the accomplice?
But it takes more than that to erase a memory?
And still today its broken limbs lie spread out on the earth
And she recalls cradling his body in her arms
The eyes of leaves witnessed this quiet desperation
And the moaning wind still echoes his plea
Tell them I was here, tell them I came
Tell them I was here, tell them my name, then take me home
Take me home, take me home
8. PALMIST KISS (song for Michael)
I have to say after all this time, my heart still reaches for your hands
I have to say after all this time, they still speak the words I understand
Palm to palm is holy palmist kiss, Shakespeare knew how to say it best
Hand to hand, heart to heart, blessed union, sweet communion
I have to say looking in your eyes is like opening the window to love’s skies
I have to say your cheek dancing mine feels heady and sweet like ruby wine
Palm to palm is holy palmist kiss, Shakespeare knew how to say it best
Hand to hand, heart to heart, blessed union, sweet communion
Side by side in bed at night, hands find hands in sensual delight
Fingers inked in love write words, patterning our skin
Inspired by the bard, let the art of love begin
Side by side in bed at night, hands find hands in sensual delight
Fingers inked in love write words patterning our skin
Inspired by the bard let the art of love begin
Let the art of love begin, let the art of love begin
Palm to palm is holy palmist kiss (X2)
9. NOT LIKE YOU (song for Mika)
Not even stars with twinkling eyes can shine like you
The magic moon can’t cast a spell the way you do
No not the stars no not the moon
No, no not Venus or Neptune
Can hold a flame to the essence of your name
And your name, Mika gift from God
Is the key to the joy that you are
The Seven Wonders of the World may be magic to behold
But not like you, not like you
I never knew love so beautiful
I never knew love so rare
I ‘d travel far and wide and reach the other side
But nothing could compare
Turn off the sun, put out the stars, switch off the moon
Dry up the sea, fold up the sky and end this tune
All these gifts I will forego, I need nothing this I know
Not like you, not like you
The worlds a gift that’s rare it’s true
But not like you, not like you, not like you
10. EQUAL GRACE
The hands of the Moon has lovingly traced the lines on every face
and she smiles on all with equal grace
The Sun know no other way to greet the day
but to spread its arms out wide and encircle all to its heart inside
Show me a star that will not light the ancient sky
Show me a bird that will not sing that will not fly
Show me a wave that will not shower a blessing on you
And I’ll show you the air that will not breathe life in me and you
The River weaving through the land
Hears the call of every woman child and man
And she answers all, none is denied
The Mountain standing true and tall
Gives shade to all, in his cave you will find rest
His generous nature all will attest
Show me a flower that will not offer its nectar wine
Show me a rose that will not share its scent divine
Show me a sky that will not paint its canvas blue
And I’ll show you a dawn that will not bring the gift of dew
Sky and sea, you and me
Moon and Sun, Alone All One
We are different yet the same
Echoing each other’s name
Show me a star that will not light the ancient sky
Show me a bird that will not sing that will not fly
Show me a wave that will not shower a blessing on you
And I’ll show you the air that will not breathe life in me and you
So be like the sky and be like the sea and be like the river giving endlessly
And be like the mountain give shade to all, be like the flowing waterfall
Be like the sun with arms spread out wide, encircle all to your heart inside
And be like the moon that sees every face
And smiles on all
With Equal Grace (X3)
[All songs © of Bettina Schouw]