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Dark Garden Lullaby

from FLOWERS AND THE AXE by datsonhughes

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    First limited edition of 160 - straight out of the box. 13 tracks. Sleeve art by Benjamin Paskins.
    Geoffrey Datson and Annette Hughes' duo debut album, produced by Meju.
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about

Written in the Greenroom on double dulcimers since the formation of the duo. The musical arrangement of this is by Megan Bernard. Initially, she came to the greenroom to record the vocals to her own album. Studio rent in-kind was to take one of our songs and make it her own. When Annette heard Megan's version she burst into tears.

It was originally wrote this with our demented mothers in mind; we played it at both their funerals where it had the same emotional power as the Maori farewell :

'Now is the hour, that we must say goodbye,
soon you'll be sailing far across the sea,
while you're away, oh please remember me,
when you return you'll find me waiting here.'

lyrics

Wait for me n the dark garden
No flowers bloom only dreams
futures forgotten in the stream
surface still, water deep
further shore banks are steep

Look for me in the dark garden
broken bough fallen down
Golden seed strew'en all around
sky of red, rising sea
take my hand, follow me

Listening in the dark garden
not a prayer in the air
echoing echoing in despair
final breath, warm caress
last embrace, lips pressed

Meet me there, in the dark garden
buried deep, eternal sleep
Mem'ries to borrow, soul to keep
morning wind, common sight,
rising of , a pair in flight

Re-emerge from the dark garden
flood of sun, back to one
Forever searching, has begun
Not a prayer in the air
Echoing in despair. Final Breath.

credits

from FLOWERS AND THE AXE, released December 29, 2017
by Geoffrey Datson & Annette Hughes
Sleeve by Benjamin Paskins
Mastered by John Ruberto, Mastersound
Pressed to Vinyl by Zenith, Melbourne

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