Shelters and Shrines

by Sinéad O'Brien

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We build our shelters. We build our shrines.
Stone upon sand.
Circle and Line.
Out in the garden
Watching it all grow.
Take a little time.
Reap what you sow.

Find a corner of the earth to walk upon.
Write some words out in the sand.
Waves come and go.
The tide rises high.
Washes it away
until there's nothing at all.

Take it away.
Take it away.
Take it away.

Here on the outer edge of the world again.
Knowing something
has gotten hold on me.
Rains come and go.
Sun shines down.
This waterfall has
taken me.
Taken me away.

Shelters and Shrines
Shelters and shrines.
What happens when
we take them away.

Nature watches over us like a lover.
Holds us in her arms.
She is our mother.
We build our shelters.
We build our shrines.
This is not yours.
This is not mine.

Take it away
Take it away.
Take it away.

Taken away our shelters
Taken away our shrines.
Nature is more powerful
than anything we decide.

All lyrics by Sinéad O'Brien©

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released February 16, 2017

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Sinéad O'Brien County Wicklow, Ireland

Irish singer songwriter combining the storytelling tradition of home and childhood roots in jazz together with musical treasures and rhythms gathered over years of world travel.

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