This is the title track from our 2010 release, The Sea Has Spoken.  Our drummer, Micheal Pritchard led the way on this song via hammer dulcimer.  

The Sea Has Spoken

hero of my scars
he rode beneath a blanket of stars
charging as if night had no face
he whispers softly into my soul space

ripped open my heart 
like a butterfly goes free from the jar
out into an edible distance
we ride like there is no too far

climb high - he's passing by
come stay - come stay with me tonight


Sycamore

we hung our harps on the willow trees
still the wind formed hands and plucked out melodies

our hearts rejoiced as if it were a dream
when the seeds of our tears became a field of wheat

look what he's done for us
he turned our song-less night into a symphony of praise


Willow

Everything That Rises

Belly Of The Whale

Bread And Circus

Written by former member Jason Windsor.  This song is still a favorite.

Window Seat

Mufafa's Kitchen is a bit of a "traditional" tune in our camp.  It has been around since the first recording under our name back in 2004.  Originally composed by Jason Windsor, Mufafa has morphed over the years and still ebbs and flows with new life.  This is a super "in the raw" version, full of raucous improv and recorded at one of our favorite spots, The Square Room in Knoxville, TN. 2013

Mufafa's Kitchen Live @ The Square Room

This is the official album of Songs of Water

Chiaroscuro

Morning when sheer curtains reveal an infant light
Before the day breaks the clods with its flagpole in the soil
Let me reach my fingers out to touch your face
Before words like bricks and mortar rebuild the structures of a day
Let my pure devotion redefine the tenets of a face

Statues with teeth and collars
Turn to angels with wreaths above their brow
When you like thieves and robbers 
Break through the systems of the now
Until the skin is peeled back
Untarnished I am by the sun

Still these moments keep moving so fast 
I could almost see them turn to ash

Peering out from the tent we pitched in the woods
Come dressed for the occasion, I caught fire like you told me I would
Still these moments keep moving so fast
I could almost see them turn to ash.


Ashe

She's Only Sleeping

This is the second single from the June 2015 release, "Stars & Dust". 

I saw what you were hiding behind the tree
Peering out so shyly laughing at me 
I heard what you whispered by the field
In company of mysteries revealed

I will bring the ocean here to you
Carry it in a bottle with a blanket spread for two
I will set the table and pour the tea
Together we will laugh at the notion of impossibility

Find your golden summer, relive it to one another

I know what you’re thinking it’s absurd
But gravity surely winked at me when the doubters’ heads were turned
Take my hand we’ll walk through the picture frame
Beyond the borders of a winter’s thought
Another silence melts away

Find your golden summer, relive it to one another

She likes to run, she likes to run, grow like a name

I made friends with sun with moon and stars
Their most splendid radiance only hints of who you are


Golden Summer

Angel bones and heroines
We staged a fight that no one wins 
We built a tower just to see it crumble down
 
So we set the fields on fire just to watch them burn
Still we yearn to believe what the Night could never dream
Tell me now if it’s true – nothing is what it seems 
Still we long to be…

Chromatic words that pierce through skin
Like bayonets pointed at our chins
We stood our ground, refused to bow before the odds

So we set the fields on fire just to watch them burn
Still we yearn to believe what the Night could never dream
Tell me now if it’s true – nothing is what it seems
Still we long to be…

All we long for is all we are


Evergreen

This is the first single from the June 2015 album release, "Stars and Dust" by Songs of Water

The skeletons grew skin
Dirt gave birth to eyes
The blind could see again 
For the very first time

The colors coming back
To a pale midnight view
I forgot myself
I was caught staring at you
						
One foot upon the earth
One foot disappears
What I thought was just a moment
Became 500 years

And I could stay even longer
So long as you are here
You can draw the backdrop whatever
So long as you stay near

Never been lost in love
Never been lost in light - seeing for the first time

The sky pours voices 
Down across the plain
11 miles left to run
And I can taste the scent of rain


11 Miles

HWYL is a Welsh word meaning "passion".  It was coined during the early 1900's to depict the call and response moments of ecstasy and  enthusiasm between preachers and congregants.  
Musically, this piece offers much of the same movements.  

Hwyl

A Delicate Coil

Portmanteau

At Night

Primrose

For Now

This is a collection of songs composed by Stephen Roach and Luke Skaggs for the film "Beyond Repair".

Beyond Repair Film

In Space Between

In View

Beads Of Glass

Wind

Gossamer

Kingdoms

Skyspeak

Threshold

We wrote and recorded this track within four days. It features hammer dulcimer, violins run through electric guitar amps and found percussion instruments.  We are re-tracking this song to be featured on our upcoming album, currently untitled.  

Chiaroscuro (2011)

Songs of Water's distinct and evocative sound blends instrumentation from across the globe in a uniquely American context. Layers of orchestral strings, percussion and woodwinds fuse with indigenous undercurrents and sparse vocals to create a raw, cinematic tapestry of sound.

International Bluegrass Association Board member, Craig Havighurst commented that Songs of Water carries “a modernist, composer’s intelligence” using “percussion with incredible taste and force.  Strings, dulcimer and a variety of surprising instruments make a rich and fascinating soundscape.”  

Upon hearing the band live in Washington D.C., NPR’s Bob Boilen commented that every musician in Songs of Water “were excellent at their craft”.

In 2013-14, the band toured nationally and internationally, including opening spots for world music greats, "Rusted Root" and Bluegrass legend, "Ricky Skaggs".  After returning from Australia, Songs of Water performed two official showcases at SXSW and was met with a standing ovation at Nashville's acclaimed "Music City Roots" variety showcase.  

The United Arts Council of Greensboro, North Carolina awarded the band an Artist Fellowship toward the completion of the highly anticipated 2015 release, "Stars & Dust".  

In 2012, Independent Music Reviewer Magazine named Songs of Water as its Independent Artist of the Year. 

Songs of Water is Elisa Rose Cox, Michael Pritchard, Greg Willette, Jon Kliegle, Luke Skaggs and Stephen Roach.

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