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Under The Apple Tree
03:29
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Quiet and warm, the setting sun
Shines on my belly as you twist and turn
Holding my hand to feel your glow
Soon to become a light of your own
I’ve been waiting for you for so long
Watching for signs of your life growing stronger
From two blue lines to a beating heart
Holding all the possibilities in my outstretched arms
And I can’t shake the feeling I’ve been here before
There’s echoes in all these corridors
Different colours, different demands
Same land
Sitting under the apple tree
Dappled sun kissing my swollen feet
The light has tender hold of me
I’ve never breathed it so deep
I’ve forever been a bow and arrow pulled back tight
Holding all the longing of the flight
Now it’s time to let go
Now it’s time to give birth to life
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2. |
She's Here
04:41
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I am alone, hooked to a machine
Pessary doing what my body should be
Wondering is it my fault that my mind is as dark
As this eerie, 3am labour ward
Fast forward the hours full of pacing round the hospital
Clocking 40 hours straight awake
Watching every ache
Is it starting, are we going
The waters break and we’re raging in the waves
They’re as high as all the days
And all the nights I’ve known
It’s not enough, back to the drugs
And it’s a strange sort of letting go
As everything slows
Quietly, she makes her way
Heart beating calm and steady
We can see her, they say
You just need to push.
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3. |
Held
03:51
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Just as your baby
Has been born into your arms
So you are new
Never to be the same again
Everything has changed
As muscle and bone
Woven so tightly
Opened to let life through
So your heart is ever opening
Irresistibly out of your control
If you’re dizzy with love, hold on
If you’re feeling numb, hold on
Your body is tender and so is your soul
Be gentle with all you hold
Call on your angels
Whoever they may be
You can do this, I promise
I know there’s so much you don’t yet know
Especially your own strength
Oh if you’re deep in happiness, hold on
If you’re tired and lonely, hold on
Draw yourself close, just like you do your baby
Spread your roots into the ground
Hold your branches strong and proud
You’re a miracle, you’re beautiful
I see you.
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4. |
Sing Free
03:56
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My heart is open
And I can’t see where it ends
Hold it, gently, as a child
Guide me oh little bird that sings
I’ve kept you silent for so long
But you ever forgiving
Did not forget
Even though I denied you to death
Show your strength and power
So I can hold your tail
And fly softly through the night
Sing free
Sing free
Sing free
Sing free
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5. |
With A Seed
03:24
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I’ve walked around this park now
Feels like a thousand times
She’s finally out like a light
And I gather myself to ride the waiting waves
The silence of a blank page
And I fumble for what I want to say
But something’s telling me keep on, keep on.
Day by day I am consumed
By the rhythm of a life not my own
But this fire burns hard in the cracks and the shards
And it’s brighter than I’ve ever known
She came to me with a seed Held perfectly
Within her tiny hand
And as I learned to hold her precious heart
So it was that I was taught to understand
The secrets of the back and forth
The calm within the stop and start
No more of this harsh talk
Open up and trust
Note by note and line by line
I am singing it all to life
In the ground for so long
Now the leaves are turning tenderly
Towards the sun
The blanket begins to move
Her legs stretch out
Little eyes open
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6. |
You Set Sail
03:55
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You set sail
On a blood red sea
Night has come now
And even the stars have closed their eyes
Cause even they can’t bear the sting
The howling of this empty wind.
I will not make less of you than what you are
Cause you are forever burned into my heart
Mama I was with you
Mama I was with you
Darling I was with you
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Twinkle Twinkle
01:22
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8. |
Family Tree
04:41
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A bird watching perched and still
Black against the milky dawn
Held by branches ever growing
Ever letting leaves to fall
Makes me think of all the mothers
All the fathers who’ve come before
Their spirits held in the soil
As you my baby bird
Open your eyes
The sky yawns itself awake
A brand new day thrown out and caught
By your little beating heart
Bringing up the sun with song.
It hasn’t come easy
I’ve spent so much time on my knees
Ovaries begging to release this life in me.
And I’ve known fear too well and it’s don’t move claws
The way it creeps around
Locking all the windows and doors.
But my heart rattles the walls
Rattles the walls
Don’t you keep me in here anymore
You were built for the open sky
It’s not for you to question why
Just fly
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9. |
Cradle
03:57
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I’m making a cradle
Of all the good I see
All I find to be well
And all the kindness shared with me
So it can hold you
As I hold you
In love.
I wish I could give you a more certain world
All I know is that in it, we can be light
You will always have my love, my light
I’ll be in your corner
How ever you dream your life
And I’m not going to get everything right
If you are troubled
If things are dark
Look, look, look for where kindness starts
It will light up your heart
And make you strong
And give hope to hold in your arms
You will always have my love, my light
I’ll be in your corner
How ever you dream your life
You will always have my love, my light
I’ll be in your corner
Forever and beyond this life
And I’m not going to get everything right
But I’m gonna love you
With all I have
With all I hope
With all my heart
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Victoria Jane Kearney UK
Victoria Jane Kearney is a singer, musician and songwriter.
Giving birth to a daughter was the
spark that lit a creative fire, leading Victoria to write, record and produce her debut album BIRTH - a memoir of becoming a mother.
Expressive, distinctive vocals, warm piano and luscious orchestration. Victoria creates songs that are full of emotional honesty and heart.
www.victoriajanekearney.com
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