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Up and Ran

by Niamh & Stephen McKinney

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lyrics

Running
I pick up my speed
The hands of the sun
snatch at me through the trees
My shadow goes ahead of me
Burning cold
Burning cold, she is

This is how I unravel
The sun a-parallel to me
Blades of sand are flying
The sculptor working his blade
Burning cold
Burning cold, he is

I put my legs on automatic
and travel expanses
across the land and the mindscape
Built to run

And out here there's a holy harmony
I drape it around me
My voice finds it like
my foot finds a solid hold
And out here demons desert my mind
- their messages are like papers
that I can burn now,
old letters from old enemies

Desire, the fire lit under me
The world set spinning as I run
We have to learn to be what we are
and hook up to some other power
Burning cold
Burning cold, it can be

The cells a spread of stars now
Our blood is effervescent, yes.
I'm travelling at the speed of blood
with fire licking at my heels.
Burning heat
Burning heat within

I put my legs on automatic
and travel expanses
across the land and the mindscape
Built to run

And out here there's a holy harmony
I drape it around me
My voice finds it like
my foot finds a solid hold
And out here demons desert my mind
- their messages are like papers
that I can burn now,
old letters from old enemies

I snake like sand
along the vacant shore
and throw all ill-luck
to the cleansing fire
I snake like sand
along the vacant shore
and throw all ill-luck
to the cleansing fire

Evil had me by the ears
then let go and I up and ran

Evil had me by the ears
then let go and I up and ran

Evil had me by the ears
then let go and I up and ran

Evil had me by the ears
then let go and I up and ran

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released February 24, 2023

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Niamh & Stephen McKinney

Niamh McKinney is a singer-songwriter from Wicklow.
Niamh writes her songs a capella. Her musical partner & husband Stephen McKinney then crafts evocative guitar accompaniment which interweaves seamlessly with the songs.
Poetically rich - both lyrically and melodically - her heart-rending songs draw on stories & life experience, captivating by way of their ethereal sense of urgency & foreboding.
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