Waiting for Sunlight
from Mary Anning of Lyme by Kevin Adams
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"I always wanted to understand where these
improbable creatures came from."
"You have a wonderful imagination, Mary."
improbable creatures came from."
"You have a wonderful imagination, Mary."
lyrics
Waiting for Sunlight
In the tropical sun
Of a younger green planet
In a warm shallow sea
Of silver and blue
The sparkling water
Is seething and sighing
Round columns of coral
Teeming with life
Seeding, dividing
Feeding voraciously
One on the other
They are predators all
The luncheons of life
(Eons of life)
For many millennia
And now on the edge
Of a cold northern ocean
An aftermath hides
In stratified rock
Trapped in hard layers
One on the other
Compressed and calciferous
Fossilised, stone.
Then drilled out of darkness
By the storms of the winter
Stone washed and polished
By the high spring tide waves
They’ve waited for sunlight
And now it has found them.
Waiting for sunlight to find them again
Waiting for sunlight.
In the tropical sun
Of a younger green planet
In a warm shallow sea
Of silver and blue
The sparkling water
Is seething and sighing
Round columns of coral
Teeming with life
Seeding, dividing
Feeding voraciously
One on the other
They are predators all
The luncheons of life
(Eons of life)
For many millennia
And now on the edge
Of a cold northern ocean
An aftermath hides
In stratified rock
Trapped in hard layers
One on the other
Compressed and calciferous
Fossilised, stone.
Then drilled out of darkness
By the storms of the winter
Stone washed and polished
By the high spring tide waves
They’ve waited for sunlight
And now it has found them.
Waiting for sunlight to find them again
Waiting for sunlight.
credits
from Mary Anning of Lyme,
released June 21, 2020
Words & music Kevin Adams
Words & music Kevin Adams
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Kevin Adams Milton Keynes, UK
Blending traditional folk music with a love of other genres- classical, jazz, folk-rock, prog-rock, pop… music, music, music…
discography
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Jun 2020 -
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Jun 2002
contact / help
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