Bestow

from Flora & Fauna by Michael Dornan Music

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lyrics

Here the deities approve –
The god of music and of love.
All the talents they have lent you;
All the blessings they have sent you.
Pleased to see what they bestow
Live and thrive so well below.

Here we get to exhale our inspirations –
Here we let them wither in the gloom
Or watch them bloom upon the vines we tend.
Here we scratch out our songs on little stages.
We scatter pages, sketching out a scene,
Just guessing what we glean from what the heavens send.
Pull from that place into this place!
Find the odd word comes like a kiss placed on the brow –
Oh wow, I could sweat for days
And never find, never find that honey-dripping phrase.

Like Mahalia, van Gogh, or Joni…
Coltrane, Ursula Le Guin, Antonioni…
Pleased to see what comes their way
Live and thrive ’til it fades away.

Please, let me see – let me see
What you bestow
Live and thrive,
Live and thrive on earth below.

credits

from Flora & Fauna, released August 30, 2021
Upright bass: Madalena Graça
Flute & Alto sax: Donata Greco
Based on ‘Here the Deities Approve’ whose music was written by
Henry Purcell (1683), and whose lyrics, by Christopher Fishburn.

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Singer-songwriter based in Devon, UK

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