Wednesday, July 27, 2011

"Maypole"

"Maypole"

The dirge is draining from our lungs
And a new song's raging on our tongues
So leave your winters at the gate
With those memories of darker days

The past was burned by the threshing floor
And we are all that love searched for
So leave your fears out on the porch
The table is set and supper is warm

No more waiting at the door

Come one, come all
Come on, sing it out, sing it out
Heaven is alive, it's in our hearts
It's in our eyes and in our scars
And we breath it in when we kiss 
When we hold the sights we thought we'd missed

Come one, come all
Come on sing it out, sing it out




Wednesday, July 20, 2011

"Devil's Dirt"

"Devil's Dirt"


Strobe burns bright in the house tonight
Kick drum cuts through the fear inside
Music comes, a thief in the night
To lift you up, to lift you up

From digging in the Devil's dirt
Digging in the Devil's dirt

Foxholes lit by a morning light
Lines are drawn, we waltz through night
TIme hold steady, we can make it right
We're lifting off, we're lifting off

We're all digging in the Devil's dirt
Digging in the Devil's dirt

If you want to come
Get up 
Get down
Get free
We're dancing for eternity

Strobe burns bright in the the house tonight

When it's said and done
Get up 
Get down
Get free
We're dancing into eternity






Wednesday, July 13, 2011

"Sequoia"

"Sequoia"


This world, this grove
This planted seed
Our roots stretch deep into eternity
But our love must burn before it grows
As tall and strong as sequoias

The lightning comes
Like a thief
To score our wounds and fuel our dreams
When the soils ready, the kingdom grows
As tall and strong as sequoias

**When I consider the natural phenomenon that is a sequoia and how each one grows so tall, how each one is connected by root systems in the earth, how each one is impervious to fire, and how all of this makes each one taller and stronger, I can only see it as a metaphor for the kind of love I believe in.--Quinn

Friday, July 8, 2011

"Chinese Hand Drum"

"Chinese Hand Drum"


You're the journey 
You're the dance
You're the song of a distance lands
And you call to me
Your laughter fills my heart
Like a kite in Bejing park
Waving to the earth

So I swing my arms like a Chinese hand drum
Beating the wind with love's great cadence
Singing so loud, I ain't got no breath left
And I dance so hard, I can't feel my feet
I'm a feather in the wind blowing to the east
Where the sun comes up, the sun comes out for me

You're the fire
You're the sea
You're the wisdom in my dreams
Will you sing to me?
Oh, come in waves
With soul and grace
Like a newborn summer

Then I'll swing my arms like a Chinese hand drum
Beating the wind with love's great cadence
Singing so loud, I ain't got no breath left
And I dance so hard, I can't feel my feet
I'm a feather in the wind blowing to the east
Where the sun comes up, the sun comes out for me