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* THE BRIDES OF MAY

Three hundred steps to the altar / Four thousand more to the sea
There where the water spouts gather / Golden fish fin lazily
Lightning is three-forked in summer / Seen through the wreaths as they pass
And in the heat of the evening / Slowly the curse is reversed

All of the widows cry Honey & Milk
Veils beyond veils beyond veils of black silk
All of the widows
Cry

Once when a wise man came calling / Twice in a voice from the past
Three times the charm is the story / Fourth is not finish, but last
Far to the east blossoms tumble / Starfire flickers and falls
Now will the moon ride at anchor / Watching from candle-lit halls

All of the widows cry Honey & Milk
Veils beyond veils beyond veils of black silk
All of the widows
Cry

I can hear the dew that’s falling
Hear the speaking stones
Place my hands within the earth

All of the widows cry Honey & Milk
Veils beyond veils beyond veils of black silk
All of the widows
Cry

Owls that were calling turn silent / Slow breath of sea seems to cease
Chambers of sleep and of memory / Empty and gone from the feast
Here is the grey and the silver / Here where the shadows are long
Here when you slip from your moorings / Here is the ship of the Dawn

All of the widows cry Honey & Milk
Veils beyond veils beyond veils of black silk
All of the widows
Cry
All of the widows cry Honey & Milk
Veils beyond veils beyond veils of black silk
All of the widows Cry .

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Martyn Bates UK

(For CD version write to Jerry at eyeless@eyelessingaza.com)
voice +acoustic w/songs/ e-guitars/kybd/ tape. Since 1980, Eyeless in Gaza, & since 2000, Twelve Thousand Days, Mick Harris etc. Knew stuff / Forgot stuff / cared too much / cared too little - perhaps. 2023:current band = Kodax Strophes … with Martyn reportedly "still longing for 'Christmas in my soul". kodaxstrophes.bandcamp.com ... more

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