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lyrics

Stitches

We’re all a stitch,
Cut from the same thread.
The thread weaves back through time,
An umbilical line,
From a fireside 400, 000 years ago,
To all those who’ll be born tomorrow.
And the needle’s eye’s no coincidence,
And each stitch is blind to its consequence.

Don’t let the fire go out,
Don’t let the fire go out,
Let it burn!

We’re all a square of earth,
Fertile with dreams and desires.
And to dust we’ll all return,
It’s a hard lesson to learn,
That youth can’t conceive of its’ ending,
Until the back like the branch starts bending.
Then a weariness falls without a sound,
And if heaven exists it’s in the ground.

So stick your hands deep in the soil,
The earthworm’s a marvel of industry and toil,
Feel the earth!

We’re all pure energy,
That can’t be created or destroyed.
We just change from form to form,
An electrical storm,
That crackles with all the events of our lives,
And from birth to death a spark survives,
So soon enough we’ll meet the ground as lightening,
To fire another day as it’s brightening.

You did your best right to the end,
Turned the machines off and let the breath expend,
And that was love.

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from Love Of Too Much Living (2014) - Album, released September 29, 2014

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The Magic Lantern London, UK

The Magic Lantern is the musical moniker of singer-songwriter Jamie Doe

His fourth album 'A Reckoning Bell' written and recorded while helping to care for his father with Alzheimers disease, see's The Magic Lantern exploring what loss can teach us about love and how love's small acts give a life meaning.

His new album is due for release in October. ... more

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