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A Breath of Light

from Known Corners by John Lyle

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A Breath Of Light

Love lies bleeding, in the death of night
Something needs a breath of light
Birds are feeding, they are hoarding for a flight
To where the wild things lose their sight

Tribal drums are beating rhythm out of time
What it is, is not mine
Just missed meeting a meeting of the minds
Being half a double bind

A lonesome wind-chime beating on itself
Like a hollow, empty shell
Not even this time, could there be any help
That’s all she wrote that I can tell

All the boulders standing in the way
Have turned to dust and blown away
Both the shoulders they cried on every day
Have grown wings and flown away

We fly so slow and low we almost touch the ground
With laughing children all around
It’s always touch and go on the borderline
With so many ways to be kind


For Kerrie Speers.

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from Known Corners, released October 10, 2007
John Lyle- vocal, acoustic guitars & bass.

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John Lyle Sechelt, British Columbia

The lyrics for most of the songs appearing in these albums are available in book form: "The Kindest Lies: the Lyrics of John Lyle", published by Leaky Boot Press (June 28, 2013).

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