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Echoed Light

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ECHOED LIGHT
Music & Lyrics © Meg Tennant

I am the north wind in the pine trees
In the darkest winter freeze
I am running wild and icy
Just as hollow as can be

But you are a sweet breeze in the morning
Warm and steady across the blue
You are wistful, you sail unguarded
To meet the wonder of something new

When love comes out of nowhere
It’s like a promise or a prayer
An echoed light
Reflecting everywhere

I’ve been a bull’s eye for love’s bad arrows
So I’ve learned to carry this heavy shield
And I swore I would pay no attention
To the moonlight at my heels

But when love comes out of nowhere
It is a promise and a prayer
An echoed light
Reflecting everywhere

At the party, in the kitchen
Behind the bottles and the ice
Two rosebuds in a blue vase
I make a wish for us, I make it twice

Because love comes out of nowhere
It is a promise and a prayer
An echoed light
Reflecting everywhere

GLASS HEART
Music & Lyrics © Meg Tennant & Julia Rohan

The glass heart you gave me, it sits on the shelf
On top of a picture of us
Just a paperweight now, what used to mean so much
Has collected a year’s worth of dust

And I saw you yesterday
Just like always you were looking away
It doesn’t make sense
I can’t let go of you yet
‘Cause you let go of me and I fell, oh I fell

That sweater you left here, the one I wore all the time
Still hangs on a hook by the door
I guess I should give it to the Salvation Army
At least it will keep someone warm

And I saw you yesterday
Just like always you were looking away
And it doesn’t make sense
I can’t let go of you yet
‘Cause you let go of me and I fell

So take back this glass heart, it’s broken
A dollar store trinket, a token
I’m ready to move on without you

When I saw you yesterday
Just like always you were looking away
Now I’m looking too
For a new heart that’s true
Sometimes the truth and the lie look the same

So take back this glass heart, it’s broken
A dollar store trinket, a token
I’m ready to move on without you

NOT DONE YET
Music & Lyrics © Meg Tennant

There’s no rabbit in the hat
Everybody knows that
That’s what they tell you
When you’re trying to get back to yourself

There’s no way to win
There’s just a bruise on the shin
From the time you tried to kick
All your dreams off the back of the shelf

But you’re not done yet
You’re not done yet
You don’t have to give in
‘Cause there’s a promise written on the wind
Written on the wind

Before the end of the race
You’re gonna fall flat on your face
You can lie there and make a scene
Or you can fly like a Phoenix out of yourself

‘Cause you’re not done yet
You’re not done yet
You don’t have to give in
‘Cause there’s a promise written on the wind
Written on the wind

I’m sure there is a light
A beacon so bright
It’ll blind you to the naysayers
It’ll keep you surfing high on the swell

‘Cause you’re not done yet
You’re not done yet
You don’t have to give in
‘Cause there’s a promise written on the wind
Written on the wind
Every minute is a minute to begin
It’s written on the wind
You’re not done yet
You’re not done yet
You’re not done yet
You’re not done yet

HOOKED ME LIKE A HABIT
Music & Lyrics © Meg Tennant

It’s hard to pay attention with this ruckus going on
Just beneath the surface of my heart
It’s not easy to listen to sensible advice
I’m still looking for a light switch in the dark

You hooked me like a habit
You haunt me like the wind
Like the wind when it howls down this road
But I could turn a corner
I could walk away
Walk away, no need to carry this load

I saw you with somebody, no she wasn’t just a friend
You leaned into her to say some quiet words
All that I could hear was the song that disappeared
As the evergreens let loose a flock of birds

You hooked me like a habit
You haunt me like the wind
Like the wind when it howls down this road
But I could turn a corner
I could walk away
Walk away, no need to carry this load

Until today I thought we still had something
A steady stream, a rushing river flowing
But a dream is just a dream until you wake up
And I woke up just in time

…to see you hooked me like a habit
You haunt me like the wind
Like the wind when it howls down this road
But I will turn a corner
I will walk away
Walk away, no need to carry this load

I will turn a corner
I will walk away
Walk away, no need to carry this load
Walk away, no need to carry this load
I am stronger, stronger than you know

SUNNY SHORE CAFÉ
Music & Lyrics © Meg Tennant & Mark Ripp

The day I went to meet you
At the Sunny Shore Café
My footsteps on the gravel
Made two sparrows fly away

The windows all were open
To the rolling western wind
I thought about the birds that flew
Wondered where they went

Were they happy with their circumstance
Or did they have regrets
Did they question their decisions
Or did they just forget

I’m too used, too used to waiting round
Never knew what really had me down
The road that runs beyond the edge of town
Ain’t always on the ground

Can I blame you like I want to
Something that you said
Leaves me lost and lingering
From an empty bed

I’m too used, too used to waiting round
Never knew what really had me down
The road that runs beyond the edge of town
Ain’t always on the ground

I left before you got there
The wind followed me
A rambling song I used to know
Whistled through the trees

If I was a bird up there
Then what would I see
You down at the Sunny Shore
Looking up at me

I’m too used, too used to waiting round
Never knew what really had me down
The road that runs beyond the edge of town
Ain’t always on the ground

KITCHEN LIGHT
Music & Lyrics © Meg Tennant

Late last night in the kitchen light
By the window looking out at the moon
I wrote a tune, something new
That I promise to sing for you soon
But I worry, I guess, is it really for the best
To tell what my heart is holding inside?

So for now won’t you listen to the hum of the wind
For it carries the sound of the sea
Where the wings of the gulls lift them gracefully above
And there are treasures buried beneath

Late last night in the kitchen light
By the window looking out at the moon
I wrote a tune, something new
That I promise to sing for you soon
But the worry is mine that a tune will outshine
The way this love has so simply begun

So for now won’t you listen to the sound of the sea
For it comforts a weary soul to sleep
Where a dream takes flight outside of time
And a limitless promise we keep

Late last night in the kitchen light
By the window looking out at the moon
I wrote a tune, something new
And I promise I’ll sing it for you soon

SILENCE & SNOWBANKS
Music & Lyrics © Meg Tennant & Michael Young

Boot steps on the stairs
In the frozen morning air
I can hear the engine starting
It idles in the dark
Down the street a dog is barking
I hear you scrape the ice away

Silence and snowbanks
Tire tracks and footprints
A note on the table
That’s all you left for me

I hear you drive away
Do I have to start this day
With its empty sky and the trees so dark and barren
I wish I didn’t care
I want to be somewhere
Where I don’t have to feel the things I’m feeling

Silence and snowbanks
Tire tracks and footprints
A note on the table
That’s all you left for me

You said a lot of things
Cryptic words between the lines
You call it poetry
I call it messing with my mind

They’ll say a lot of things
But they can’t say we never tried
It doesn’t matter now
We’re gonna leave it all behind

Silence and snowbanks
Tire tracks and footprints
A note on the table
That’s all you left for me

A DAY OF GRACE
Music & Lyrics © Meg Tennant

Sun shining, a day of grace
Early morning, a silent place
Where dreams are found
A peaceful sound
A day of grace

Slow waves, a day of grace
Sky blue and open, the seagulls chase
Clouds are tossed
Sadness lost
A day of grace

In the clear, clear days by the sea
White curtains billow in the breeze
When the sea wind sings a song
Nothing can go wrong
In a heart where love is strong

Blue ocean, a day of grace
Distant trees, there is no trace
Of steps in the sand
Across this land
A day of grace

So much worry in our hearts
We try so hard to play our parts
But in this moment now
Everything is new
This happiness is true

Sun shining, a day of grace
Early morning, a silent place
Where dreams are found
A peaceful sound
A day of grace

Shine a light on the stone
On the daisies and the grass
He will never be alone
The Living Water rushing past

Listen to me, sister moon
Glistening down along the river
He was whisked away too soon
To his rest he was delivered

Shine a light on us
Shine a light, shine a light, shine a light
Shine a light on us
Shine a light, shine a light, shine a light

We’ve been clearing off the shelves
Notes hand-written in the night
The window’s plants are dry and tangled
But still leaning to the light

Shine a light on us
Shine a light, shine a light, shine a light
Shine a light on us
Shine a light, shine a light, shine a light

High above this daily race
He is free from time and space
Life’s a complicated thing
Some find a way to leave with grace

Shine a light on the stone
Let them see it from the road
Shine from heaven’s distant home
To celebrate this one who’s flown

Shine a light on us
Shine a light, shine a light, shine a light
Shine a light on us
Shine a light, shine a light, shine a light

Some folks live on good intentions
Some folks live on old pretensions
You and I, we just live on love

Some folks take all your attention
Others leave without a mention
You and I, we just live on love

La la la la la la la la
We just live on love
La la la la la la la la
We just live on love

Some get bitter, some they smoulder
Some are looking for a shoulder
You and I, we just live on love

Some folks worry now they’re older
Long dark nights are getting colder
But you and I, we just live on love

La la la la la la la la
We just live on love
La la la la la la la la
We just live on love

Round and round and round the wheel
What you think and how you feel
What does a starry night reveal?

You are there without a sound
When trouble comes to knock me down
‘Cause you and I, we just live on love

La la la la la la la la
We just live on love
La la la la la la la la
We just live on love

Sometimes the stars just align
Some things are beyond words to explain
Some days you wake up and everything’s changed

It takes a brave heart to follow
A path that beckons though it’s overgrown and wild
I want to walk down that road outside the city
Sun shining through the evergreens

Let’s walk this road
Come on, walk this road
They say the light gets brighter
When you reach the open sea
Let’s walk this road
Come on, walk this road
To where the waves are rolling endlessly

And when the night falls down
We can make our blankets of starlight and leaves
Listen to the crickets, smell the dewy darkness
Dream our dreams whatever they will be

Let’s walk this road
Come on, walk this road
They say the light gets brighter
When you reach the open sea
Let’s walk this road
Come on, walk this road
To where the waves are rolling endlessly

City steel and concrete, trying to take up all your time
It can feel a little lonely, that kind of uphill climb

But we can walk this road
There’s magic on this road
They say the light gets brighter
When you reach the open sea
Let’s walk this road
Come on, walk this road
To where the light on the ocean
And the sound of the waves
Will feel like home
Yeah, it feels like home