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This song was inspired by the documentary ‘Dance of Death’ in honour of our friend Mary Alice Pollard who was associate producer of the film. Each year we will write a song in honour of Mary Alice’s birthday to reflect her lifelong dedication to saving animals and speaking up for their rights. This is the cause she chose for this year’s song.

Dance of Death
http://youtu.be/AIj3dZXghJk

Dance of Death, part 2
http://youtu.be/2PKnWh9cZS0

‘The Dance of Death’

The Matador:

I will conquer you; bring your soul into this ring
I will dance with you, let it begin…

I am humanity; you are the slave to my desire
I have no empathy; you shall burn inside my fire
Impaled upon the sword, warm blood is dripping down your face
I live to bring you war, I am the master of your fate

Dance, for your life, now dance
The dance of death…

You stand alone so brave, confused, the fight you cannot win
My disabled prey, I must destroy you for my sins
I shall not fear my death; your querencia is my own
There is no hope for you, your blood the jewel in my crown

Dance, for your life, now dance
The dance of death…
Dance, for your life, now dance
The dance of death…

The Bull:

I am the dying beast; I hear the silent crying horse
I am your broken feast; my heart dies bleeding on your sword

The Matador:

Dance, for your life, now dance
The dance of death…
Dance, for your life, now dance
The dance of death…


© Maria Daines/Paul Killington
All Rights Reserved
(mcps) ASCAP
8.11.14

“In bullfighting there is a term called querencia. The querencia is the spot in the ring to which the bull returns. Each bull has a different querencia, but as the bullfight continues, and the animal becomes more threatened, it returns more and more often to his spot.
As he returns to his querencia, he becomes more predictable. And so, in the end, the matador is able to kill the bull because instead of trying something new, the bull returns to what is familiar. His comfort zone.”


The Dance of Death

Vanessa Mae - Symphony No. 5 (Beethoven)

oh mamy blue x joe cocker

Il Volo -  Quando L'amore Diventa Poesia

'A Woman of Our Time'

For our dear friend Mary Alice Pollard
Cornwall's Voice For Animals

I wanna tell you
How much you mean to me
How much you've inspired peace
Fought for others to be free

A woman of our time
Soldier of the past
You're running for their freedom
Never looking back

How we love you
Sometimes I should have said
You change everyone around you
You get into our heads

The bulls, the seals, the dolphins
No matter where they are
You champion every lost cause
Fight for who they are

Nothing too much trouble
No mountain, sky too high
You're the one we follow
To make a wrong a right

We are with you
Though we falter and we fall
Get up and stand beside you
To hear the wild call

Listen to the oceans
The forests and the sky
They hear your name, dear Mary
Never far away...


© Maria Daines/Paul Killington 
19th November 2016

Our thanks to Jeannine Massett and Rudi Shamhart for the photograph of Mary Alice and Fungie the Dolphin ~
https://www.facebook.com/12FungieForever12

A Woman of Our Time

Flashdance [Original Soundtrack]

Love Theme from Flashdance

Senza una donna OK

La Piovra - Strana bambina

Daines/Killington songs are published by North Star Music and feature in several film documentaries, including Saving America's Horses, A Minority Pastime and Dark Water Rising, the survival stories of family pets rescued during hurricane Katrina. 



A Woman of Our Time

Maria Daines

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