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Purple Emperor

from Flora & Fauna by Michael Dornan Music

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lyrics

Sorry to interrupt your reverie –
Look at the light on that patch of green.
Let in the actuality of air
I'm stopping the clock – we’ll take a walk out there.
Are you alone in grass overgrown?
Honey, it’s somebody’s home
Walk long and walk free, and I'll wager you'll see
There’s an earth that’s going about its own thing…

That river rolls on, and wings awaken the dawn.
Listen ’til you can’t refuse it –
Maybe all of this is music.
A tortoiseshell flies – there were more when I was a child –
Emperors arrayed in purple,
Pretty little wings encircle you

While a change goes on in their cocoons,
People, we all have a job to do.
What are the gifts you’re giving to everything living?
As the harmony grows, feel it healing your bones.
Let the rocks stop crying/our songs start realigning…

That river rolls on. Some friends are already gone –
Got to keep open-hearted.
Admirals arrayed in scarlet
See cyclamen grow; hear crickets in the meadow.
They’re actors in the ecosystem –
People, we are right there with them.
Come evening, the constellations all sing!
Worlds that I cannot imagine
Twirling through a cosmic pageant.
If all of these things – their life, their delicate wings –
Pull upon your heart like magnets,
Maybe all of this is magic, too.

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from Flora & Fauna, released August 30, 2021
Lead vocal: Emma Dornan
Flute: Donata Greco

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