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Mermaid's Work

from Mermaid's Work by Fiona Howe

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MERMAID’S WORK

She could catch the evening star
Hold it in her hand
Fix him with her diamond tears
Falling on the sand

Burning through
His heart like flame
Storm-tossed waif
Without a name
She coiled him softly
In her raven hair

Sharpening her pearly nail
She wrote upon his skin
I am all you ever wanted
Won’t you let me in

You and I
A dance of death
A serpent’s tail
The sweetest breath
Of sunlight through the waters
Of your dreams

Kiss me and a thousand nights
Spiral into one
Take me in a thousand ways
Hide your smoking gun
Oh ho
It was only mermaid’s work

Straddled on her silk divan
Stilettos to the sky
Hungry for another man
No good reason why

Stories weaving
Through his mind
Hypnotized
Beloved and blind
He sank beneath her kisses
Like a stone

Naked as the tide came in
Blood upon her hands
She was sculpted by the waves
Beaten by the sands

There was never
Anyone
Who stole his heart
Who blew apart
His certainty
And sanity
For fun

Kiss me and a thousand nights
Spiral into one
Take me in a thousand ways
Hide your smoking gun
Oh ho
It was only mermaid’s

Kiss me and a thousand nights
Spiral into one
Take me in a thousand ways
Hide your smoking gun
Oh ho
It was only mermaid’s work

Those are pearls that were his eyes
Let me see the land where corals lie

© 2015 Fiona Howe

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from Mermaid's Work, released January 16, 2016
All songs written, arranged and produced by Fiona Howe.

Performed by Fiona Howe (vocals, piano), Camilla Gregorovitch (violin), Alisa Liubarskaya (cello).

Recorded, engineered and mixed by Stephen Reilly.
Remixed and mastered by Wes Maebe, GHQ Sonic Cuisine London.

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Fiona Howe London, UK

Fiona Howe is producer and composer of award-nominated feature films 'Desire', 'Delight' and 'Delirium'. The 'Delirium' soundtrack 'Requiem for the Living' was Nominated Best Original Score for a Drama Feature by Reel Music Awards 2017. Her début singer-songwriter album 'Mermaid’s' Work, 8 songs exploring the connection between the female psyche and the sea was first released in 2016. ... more

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