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Emily Jones - A Necklace of Shells

from The Book of the Lost by Emily Jones and The Rowan Amber Mill

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Song inspired by the film A Necklace of Shells

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His lover awaits with cool grey eyes,
Down on the shore where the seagulls cry.
The boy sets out as the sun goes down,
And the gas lamps are lit in the sleepy town.
Over the cliffs and the cold wind blows,
It cuts like a knife through his summer clothes,
But the dark haired girl is there on the sand,
A necklace of shells knotted in her hand.

I think I might love you enough,
To take off this ragged sealskin.
I think I might love you enough,
To strip down to the bone.

She hangs round his neck her seashell charm,
"May love that is true keep you safe from harm."
All summer long that he meets her there,
The ocean is kind and the winds are fair.

But soon spinning in the tavern's warmth he seeks,
Kisses sweet like a flower, not salt like the sea.
The fire burns bright as he smiles and flirts,
A necklace of shells hidden under his shirt.

The morning is clear as he leaves her door,
The storm doesn't come 'til he's far from shore.
Now a dark haired girl stands alone on the sand,
A necklace of shells broken in her hand.

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from The Book of the Lost, released March 5, 2014
Written, produced and performed by Emily Jones

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The Rowan Amber Mill Devon, UK

Since 2007 The Rowan Amber Mill have been purveyors of Woodland Folkadelica/alt-Folk. Releases include: "folk devils & moral panics", "midsummers" and "Heartwood". The Book of the Lost (with Emily Jones). Silent Night Songs (with Angeline Morrison).The folk horror collection Harvest the Ears. The synth album Follows Shortly (as Making Tea For Robots). They are half of Rowan:Morrison. ... more

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