Time from Dancer by Maireid Sullivan

Played by Donal Lunny on Bouzouki, Keyboard and Bodhran, Steve Wilson and Rhythm Guitar, Matthew Arnold on violin, Gary Costello on Double Bass, Peter Neville on percussion and Kavisha Mazzella, vocal harmony. This song was inspired by, Californian author, Robert A Johnson's series of books on the relationship of ancient mythology to modern psychology. His view is that we share the same biology with ancient humans, therefore, it is most likely that we share the same capacity for love, fear, hate and all other nuances of feeling experienced in relationship and survival. The myths of old relate to our experience today, e.g., people experience the same sun setting through all time!

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10.	Time	5:34

Lyrics

Time beseeching time
sleepers deep within the mind
old music calling to race memory
alive down deep inside.
So unto Brid, Queen of song,
from race memory we pass through you.

We play on ancient ground
scatter leaves on wisdom’s mound
Thee roots of history and memory
are buried deep in song
How can we reach…
how can we reach the source of tunes?

Chorus:
Yesterday, yesteryear
Live-on, live-on
Yesterday, yesteryear
live on- live on

Feel the tunes of yore
through Bardic tales and Bardic lore
Old music calling to race memory
alive down deep inside.
So unto Brid, Queen of song,
from race memory we pass through you.

Credits

from Dancer, released June 22, 1994
Lyrics and music by Maireid Sullivan and Steve Wilson.

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