LYRICS - THE SINGLES
All lyrics: JANNE HANSEN
SHINE DION
THE RAVEN'S FLIGHT
Do you see how the mountains are changing,
turning to blue in the night ?
They fall asleep on the land,
like velvet shadows of light
Do you see how the forest is glowing,
the glittering sparks of green ?
Do you see how the spring is melting
the blackened tracks of your fright
Somewhere a mountain is calling
somewhere a forest shines
Somewhere a friend is waiting,
behind an open gate
Do you hear how the voices are rising
from the dark and stoney cold ?
Singing so soft and mellow,
a song so warm and loud
Somewhere a mountain is calling,
somewhere a forest shines
Somewhere a voice is singing,
someday you will fly again
Someday you will fly again
THE MERMAID'S WAIT
She lay in the sand, on a distant shore
Her hair the colour of red
She asked the sun, she asked the sky
Am I living or am I dead
I am from far, I am from near
The world has gone all dark
I see no stars, I have such fear
No birds are singing here
I never wished, for a sky so grey,
The ocean is what I need
I never wished, for a beach so cold
Or a sun, that won’t see me
The ocean is my only home
It’s the place I long to be
All I want is to find a way
To the stars I need to see
She called to the waves, they rolled to the coast
No one would carry her home
She called to the sun, but it would not play
It sunk into the sea
The mermaid cried, a silent plea
Tell the waves to stay
The sea then built a ship of waves
And made them head her way
I am in the sea, in the blue and gold
My home is there for me
My hair burns red, my eyes are green
I am a flower of the sea
I am in the sea, in the blue and gold
My castle is there for me
My hair burns red, the Mermaid sang
I am a flower of the sea
THE WISH SONG
I never heard your voice so loud,
as after you were gone
In the darkened silver waves,
I hear your silent song
I never saw your face so dear,
as after you were gone
In strangers gaze I see your eyes,
the colour of the sky.
All the days I did not count,
the words I did not praise
I keep them now inside my heart,
glowing and ablaze
I saw you dancing in the wood,
a blue and starry night
You held your skirt to catch a star,
in the falling light.
If all the stars were mine to hold,
shine for you I would
If all the voices were mine,
singing you home I would.
THE BIRD
The stone lay silent in the sun,
drinking the sun ray’s warmth
Softly it lay on a velvet bed,
peaceful it gazed on the land
Then a bird flew by and cried,
l ook at me, at my joyful flight
To see the mountains, all the seas,
you must wish for a life like me
Never to feel the power of wings,
to go wherever you like
Never to travel far and wide,
that must be boring indeed
So tender the stone replied,
in a voice dark with age
I have seen so much lying here,
it would take me years to tell
Your life is a breath in the air,
fly as long as you can
I saw your forefather here and
I will see your child fly by
Your life is a breath in the air,
fly as far and as long as you can
I saw your forefathers years ago
and will see your children fly by
EI-AN-TE
In the dusk of the morning,
by the lake of Seonor
A whispering sound
is chasing the dark
Close your eyes,
by the old water oak
A tree spirit is weaving
a haunting spell
A spell for the earth,
a spell for the living
A spell for the time
when days will be years
The dawn is your heart,
the trees are your morning
The tree spirit is weaving
a spell for the earth
O-NE- SANI,
E-NI-
O KE-SO-NINI
EI-AN-TE