LONE WOLF
Dead of night
Not a sound
Full moonlight falls on the trees
Silvering the hard ground
Somewhere in the dark you wander alone
I know who you are
Follow my voice out of the void
Leading you back to the place you’re loved
I know you’re hurting
I can hear you howling at the moon
The music ’s playing
But somehow you feel you’ve lost the tune
I’ll help you remember the soaring melody
Of the song your heart used to sing
Come and harmonize with me
Please don’t delay
Winter is on the wind
Can you find your way
From where you went
Or have you lost the scent?
If I only could
I would hunt down all your pain
You are not gone for good
All is not lost
I’ll help you cross
Over the mountains to bring you home
I know you’re hurting
I can hear you howling at the moon
The music ’s playing
But somehow you feel you’ve lost the tune
I’ll help you remember the soaring melody
Of the song your heart used to sing
Come and harmonize with me
I know you want to be free
Come run with me
Share my territory
Where once again you are seen and known
I know you’re hurting
I can hear you howling at the moon
The music ’s playing
But somehow you feel you’ve lost the tune
I’ll help you remember the soaring melody
Of the song your heart used to sing
Come and harmonize with me
I TOOK A SWIM WITH EVIL
I took a swim with evil
Out in the moonlit waves
It was an invitation
I couldn’t turn away
She wasn’t anything at all
Like I thought she’d be
Something about her knowing smile
Appealed to me
Maybe I’ve been mistaken
About my definitions
Of wrong and right
Out here under the stars
I see more shades of grey
Than black and white
I took a walk with darkness
Out in the pouring rain
He held my hand so gently
I couldn’t be afraid
We spoke of many things
And he answered honestly
I was surprised
How open-minded he seemed to be
Maybe I’ve been mistaken
About my definitions
Of wrong and right
Out here under the stars
I see more shades of grey
Than black and white
There’s a crack in the lens
I’ve been looking at life through
And the line isn’t clear
Between what is false
And what is true
Maybe all these distinctions I’ve made
Are just in mind
And I have been blind
I went out running with regret
And I never will forget
The look that she gave me
When I told her that maybe
I’ve been mistaken
About my definitions
Of wrong and right
Out here under the stars
I see more shades of grey
Than black and white
I took a swim with evil
I took a swim with evil
Full Moon Rise
I am searching for some shade
Drowning in electric sun
There is brightness everywhere
Even when the day is done
But the sun set long ago
In the fading light
Do you feel it start to grow?
The desire to break out of this prison
Develop night vision
Come sit with me on a roof
Watch the full moon rise
And watch the full moon rise
Oh Sleeper, now awake
As the fox and possum near
Listen to the night wind’s voice
As it echoes in your ear
Now the call comes dark and strange
Moving with the tides
All who hunger for a change
Come fly to lunar liberation
With echolocation
Join the cricket choir
The moth ‘ll take you higher
And higher
Come fly with me in the dark
Watch the full moon rise
And watch the full moon rise
You want to be a night creature?
Listen to teacher
Leave all you know behind you
The deer are here to guide you
Learn silence from the owl
Throw back your head and howl
Come run with me through the trees
And watch the full moon rise
Blackbird (written by Lennon-Mcartney, arr. by Jodi Heights)
Blackbird singing in the dead of night
Take these broken wings and learn to fly
All your life
You were only waiting
For this moment to arise
Blackbird singing in the dead of night
Take these sunken eyes and learn to see
All your life
You were only waiting
For this moment to be free
Blackbird fly
Blackbird fly
Into the light of the dark black night
Fly away
Blackbird singing in the dead of night
Take these broken wings and learn to fly
All your life
You were only waiting
For this moment to arise
You were only waiting
For this moment to arise
You were only waiting
For this moment to arise
MOTHER NIGHT
Mother Night
Fold me beneath your wings
Hide me
Change my eyes
To see underneath
The surface of everything
All the sunlit concerns fade away
As I shake off the dust of the day
Beautiful darkness
Black and velvety
Reveal the hidden depths
Of night in me
The cricket sings my soul awake
To starlit skies
I wax and wane like a moon
And waltz with the fireflies
Mystery
Shrouding the world
In shadows and moonbeams
Who are we?
Unexplored depths
Of magic and possibility
Now the silence is lovely and deep
As the noise and the light go to sleep
Beautiful darkness
Black and velvety
Reveal the hidden depths
Of night in me
The cricket sings my soul awake
To starlit skies
I wax and wane like a moon
And waltz with the fireflies
Do you hear the sweet nocturnal music
In your ears?
Lullaby to our weary hearts
Calling out to us:
“Know who you are!
Come find your way in the dark.”