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Selkie Song

by Kyle Acheson

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a tragic love story.

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I dance on moon-painted pebbles
Alone by the seaside
My love and my tears they dissolve in the waves
Such a low tide
My my
Heart so belied

When mine eye caught a glimpse of your figure
My heart started pounding
I called out and you froze and you gave me
A look most confounding
My my
Soul was on fire

And in the moonlight
The taste of the salt in your
Hair running down to the floor
And in the moonlight
You gave me your heart
Lying there on the shore

At the touch of your hand I awoke
From a lifetime of grieving
And no longer alone I could face
Any trial save your leaving
My my
Soul a seagull in flight

A peedie house a pleasant home did we keep
On the side of a mountain
And you cried in the night for your skin
Whoa-oh you never found it

Till I
Uncovered
Your skin
In the cupboard
You were free
My lover
To choose me
To choose the water
Whoa-oh-oh

And in the moonlight
The taste of the salt in your
Hair running down to the floor
And in the moonlight
You gave me your heart
Lying there on the shore
And you walked out my door

I called out to you "Where will you go, Love?
The sea she is so wide."
You said "Aye, and forever she calls me
The sea is my true bride"
My my
You vanished from sight

Now I dance on moon-painted pebbles
Alone by the seaside
My love and my tears they dissolve in the waves
Such a low tide
My my
Heart so belied

And in the moonlight
The taste of the salt in your
Hair running down to the floor
And in the moonlight
You gave me your heart
Lying there on the shore
And you walked out my door
And I wait on the shore
Still I wait on the shore

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released September 1, 2016

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Kyle Acheson New York

Acoustic, lo-fi, tree worship, ghosts & grain.

Influences from PNW lo-fi, 60s brit folk revivalists, turn-of-the-century parlor art song.

In New York, I write and perform musicals with the actor-musician ensemble Thicket & Thistle.
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