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This Night I Ride
05:36
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This Night I Ride
(Words/Music by Knight/Winter)
Aaaih
Aaaih, this night I ride
Aaaih, to etch my will upon the tide
With perfect poise and piercing heat
I charge with fire at my feet
I ride to court the Faery Queen
And win her salty grail
Aaaih...
Bur when I reached her jeweled gate
My grand intentions there to state
She laughed and shook her burnished hair
And mocked me to my core
“What rare pride.” she said, “my girl
To think you’re worthy of my pearls”
She dashed my dreams upon the rock
And told me to go home
Aaaih...
Lady, lend an ear at least
for I ‘m a knight who would be priest
Before you cast me from this place
Pray do indulge me in a race
My life I give if you outride
My chariot till eventide
But should I prove the swifter one
Your grail of wisdom I’ll have won
At dusk my horse it took the lead
The lady filled my grail with mead
Wisdom won not through the race
But the willingness to ride
Aaaih...
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2. |
Lamplight
04:14
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Lamplight
(Words & Music by Sharon Knight & Winter)
V1
Wait by the window & see
See what haunts me
Spark of some distant desire
Fanned into fire
V2
What vision of freedom is this
Arising from blackest abyss
A flame that burns steady & true
Lighting my way back to you
Ch1
Oooh, solace comes when the mind is free
Blazing free, enflaming me
I burn for life, love, & liberty
V3
What kisses my passion bestows
On another who knows
Yet deeper we tangle our hearts
Weave our love into art
V4
Within the depths of my heart
There lies a lamp of great art
Alighting the jewel in the stone
Remember what we’ve always known
Ch2
Bridge
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3. |
Serpentina
03:53
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Serpentina
(Words/Music by Sharon Knight)
Serpentina strolls through spring showers
Licking drops of rain from face
Hair all matted down with flowers
Dress clings damp in fond embrace
Twisting blades of grass twixt fingertips
Eyes half crazed in siren swoon
Soaking stones in streams of storm’s linger drips
Lifts her voice in crimson croon
She is lilting, lilting, lilting,
Leading lovers’ hearts astray
I could give her pearls of wisdom
If she but turn her head my way
I would wrap her in wreaths of goldenrod
Bathe her in the morning dew
Tasting sweetly the pleasures of olden gods
Weaving old loves into new
We would bathe in moonlit meadows
Share our secrets under the moon
Dine on cakes and tea made from red rose
Drunk on a madness that ends too son
She is lilting, lilting, lilting,
Leading lovers’ hearts astray
she could give me pearls of wisdom
If I’d but understand her way
Instrumental
She is lilting, lilting, lilting,
Leading my poor hear astray
she could give me pearls of wisdom
If I’d but understand her way
Outro
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4. |
The Shimmering Sheen
04:22
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The Shimmering Sheen
(Words & Music by Winter)
V1
The queen she longed to see
The waters, sail the sea
And on her journey be
Unrecognized as she
Ch
The water’s shimmering sheen
It seemed a dazzling scheme
All that she could have been
She would know with a dream
She was not as she seemed
V2
I did follow her down to the water alone
Both she and it shone
In a hollow of stone lay a boat on the foam
Then she was in it and gone
Ch
The water’s shimmering sheen
It seemed a dazzling scheme
And the wind blowing keen
All that she cold have been
She would know with a dream
She was not as she seemed
V3
She had lived on this ground
Without love having found
And water surround
And a life without love
Wasn’t worth her renown
Thus had she found
V4
So she took to the sea, abandoned all fear
To make the far near
It was the one way to be to find her a peer
That was made clear
Ch
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5. |
Kashlimar
02:45
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6. |
Black Snake
04:05
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Black Snake
(Words & Music Knight/Winter)
Wait, listen, I hear the enemy rising
Black poison, serpent of ugliness inside me
Waiting for my weakest hour
My certainty for to devour
What was ours, what was ours, what was ours
I am poised at the edge of desire
My madness is leaking
And coloring the tips of my hair purple
Spilling out into forever
Telling me that I’ll never know love like ours again
I look for the glimmer
Nectar of my salvation
Quench my thirsting
Drinking without hesitation
Filling me up with rainbows
Reminding me what my brain knows
That I’ll never, I’ll never be thirsty again
Black snake dissolving
And suddenly I taste heaven
My slinky dancing
Waking the goddess eleven
Shake loose all my grieving
Telling me you’re not leaving
Me ever, me ever again.
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7. |
Sunny Simone
05:03
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Sunny Simone
(Words/Music by Knight/Winter)
She is wearing red on sunday
Has that woman got no shame
Your eyes reflect pious scorning
But you know your heart’s aflame
Would she do it for a dollar
Would she do it for a dime
Would she do you nice and slowly
If you paid her for her time
What a show of bold irreverence
That she turns your mind from god
And the rise beneath your zipper
Rips apart your cool facade
Now she’s sitting here beside you
Man you know you’d better pray
Keep your eyes on the scheduled program
Better turn your head away
Better guard your place in heaven
Cause your body will betray
You know you should be listening but imagination does stray
Give it up, give it up, give it up, you know
That a sexless body’s an impossible goal
Since when do we believe in the status quo
That says to crucify your body’s gonna save your soul
Give me a boy, give me a girl
Give me black leather and a head full of curls
Surrender to your sex and you might find love
And a taste of the wisdom spilling out from above
Pity those tormented souls
Who slay themselves on heaven’s wrath
Doomed they are forevermore
To split their bodies, souls in half
We defy not deify a god who turns away
From delicious celebration of our inborn will to play
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8. |
Word of Honor
04:49
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Word of Honor
(Words & Music by Sharon Knight & Winter)
V1
A promise kept, & a pact is made
Stones of truth are laid
To build our fortress strong & proud
Strength she sings aloud
V2
Edge of time, & the word was said
Creation come to life
Gods awake from their starry beds
And take the fury to wife
V3
Song of the soul is a lonesome cry
But have you any choice?
There’s no sweeter lullaby
Than truthfulness of voice
V4
Word of the will is an aching need
No rest until she’s filled
No richer fruit than from the seed
On which your honor is spilled
Ch1
Chant the spell & be it done
Word & will are one
Raise the cry for all to hear
Illusions come undone
V5
I gave my word & I saw it through
Dreams they all come true
I reign from my fortress stong & proud
Strength I sing aloud
V6
Song of the soul in splendor grows
In the light of the starry dew
Blossom of love from the heart it grows
To your own self stay true
Ch2
Same as Ch1
Ch3
Chant the spell & be it done
Word & deed are one
Walk the talk within the heart
Freedom’s prize is won
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9. |
Indian Whisper
01:46
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Born to Let Our Brilliance Shine
(Words/Music by Knight/Winter)
It’s not that we fear our weakness
Fear that we’re not enough
It’s our power terrifies us
Stark fierceness of our love
Voice ot truth that echoes through us
Nothing that we can’t become
Taste ot limitless creation
Seeker and the muse are one
We were born to let our brilliance shine
Deeper than daydream
Dayglow my heart screams
We were born to let our brilliance shine
Yes, humility is noble
Humbly we are deceived
Who am I to be amazing
This is what I once believed
Playing small won’t serve the world
Nor will it save our souls
Life lived in screaming colors
This my most noble goal
We were born to let our brilliance shine
Deeper than daydream
Dayglow my heart screams
We were born to let our brilliance shine
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11. |
Until Then
04:55
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Until Then
(Words/music by Winter)
Riding on bodies through time
Linking yours up with mine
I will look for your sign
When shall we two meet again
Every now, every then
Clothed as women and men
I saw the light that shines through
your eyes and I knew
I will meet you again
Until then
I will meet you again
Until then
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Pandemonaeon Oakland, California
Pandemonaeon is an American independent progressive folk metal band from the San Francisco Bay Area founded in 1996 by the Celtic singer Sharon Knight & her long-time musical collaborator, Winter. They incorporate such folk instruments as violin, oud, saz, mandocello, & flute, as well as many ethnic hand percussion instruments like dumbek, djembe, tar, & riqq. ... more
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