a place where nighttime lost its nightmare | where darkness lost its bite | black became indigo and mineral blue | soft with sparkling lights
in this winter sleep, the land dreams
from here I'll greet you | and send a smile in a dream | in this land of dark I'll meet you | with all the earth, with everything
in this winter sleep, the land dreams
over miles of quiet earth that lie between | from my home of frost, to your home of rain | the sound of a candle sings | | in this winter sleep, the land dreams
by Dawn McCarthy
from
Ekvílibríum,
released 11 September 2007
Dawn McCarthy: Vocals | Nico Muhly: Piano, String & Brass Arrangement | Ólafur Björn Ólafsson: Drums | Warren Ellis: Mandolin | Una Sveinbjarnardóttir: Violin | Jónína Auður Hilmarsdóttir: Viola | Hrafnkell Orri Egilsson: Cello | Helgi Hrafn Jónsson: Trombone | Stefán Jón Bernarðsson: French Horn | VS: Guitars, Bass, Wurlitzer, Rhodes, Programming, String & Brass Arrangement | Dawn McCarthy recorded by Dan Rathbun | Written by Valgeir Sigurðsson and Dawn McCarthy | Published by Pollination Music/Dawn McCarthy Music (BMI),
administered by Domino Publishing Company of America, Inc (BMI)