The Mask And Mirror

Loreena McKennitt The Mask And Mirror Album - 1994 Track List 1.  The Mystics Dream 2.  The Bonny Swans 3.  The Dark Night Of The Soul 4.  Marrakesh Night Market 5.  Full Circle 6.  Santiago 7.  The Two Trees 8.  Prospero’s Speech =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=- # 1 - The Mystics Dream [Verse] A clouded dream on an earthly night Hangs upon the crescent moon A voiceless song in an ageless light Sings at the coming dawn Birds in flight are calling there Where the heart moves the stones There that my heart is longing for All for the love of you [Verse] A painting hangs on an ivy wall Nestled in the emerald moss The eyes declare a truce of trust Then it draws me far away Where deep in the desert twilight Sand melts in pools of the sky Darkness lays her crimson cloak Your lamps will call call me home [Verse] And so it’s there that my homage’s due Clutch-ed by the still of the night Now I feel feel you move And every breath breath is full So it’s there my homage’s due Clutch-ed by the still of the night Even the distance feels so near All for the love of you [Verse] A clouded dream on an earthly night Hangs upon the crescent moon A voiceless song in an ageless light Sings at the coming dawn Birds in flight are calling there Where the heart moves the stones There at my heart is longing for All for the love of you =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=- # 2 - The Bonny Swans Capo 2 [Intro]                                              [Verse] A farmer there lived in the North Country Hey he ho lay me Bonny down He had daughters one two three The swans swim so bonny o [Verse] These daughters they walked by the river’s brim Hey he ho lay me Bonny down The eldest pushed the youngest in The swans swim so bonny o [Instrumental]           [Verse] "Oh sister oh sister pray lend me your hand" Hey he ho lay me Bonny down "And I will give you house and land" The swans swim so bonny o [Verse] "I’ll give you neither hand nor glove" Hey he ho lay me Bonny down "Unless you give me your own true love" The swans swim so bonny o [Instrumental]                       [Verse] Sometimes she sank sometimes she swam Hey he ho lay me Bonny down Until she came to a miller’s dam The swans swim so bonny o [Verse] The miller’s daughter dressed in red Hey he ho lay me Bonny down She went for some water to make her bread The swans swim so bonny o [Instrumental]           [Verse] "Oh father oh daddy here swims a swan" Hey he ho lay me Bonny down "It’s very like a gentlewoman" The swans swim so bonny o [Verse] They laid her on the bank to dry Hey he ho lay me Bonny down There came a harper passing by The swans swim so bonny o [Instrumental]                       [Verse] He made harp pins of her fingers fair Hey he ho lay me Bonny down He made harp strings of her golden hair The swans swim so bonny o [Verse] He made a harp of her breast bone Hey he ho lay me Bonny down And straight it began to play alone The swans swim so bonny o [Instrumental]           [Verse] He brought it to her father’s hall Hey he ho lay me Bonny down And there was the court assembled all The swans swim so bonny o [Verse] He laid the harp upon a stone Hey he ho lay me Bonny down And straight it began to play alone The swans swim so bonny o [Instrumental]                       [Verse] And there does sit my father the king Hey he ho lay me Bonny down And yonder sits my mother the queen The swans swim so bonny o [Verse] And there does sit my brother Hugh Hey he ho lay me Bonny down And by him William sweet and true The swans swim so bonny o [Verse] And there does sit my false sister Anne Hey he ho lay me Bonny down Who drowned me for the sake of a man The swans swim so bonny o [Outro]                     =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=- # 3 - The Dark Night Of The Soul Capo 3 [Intro] / / [Verse] Upon a darkened night The flame of love was burning in my breast And by a lantern bright I fled my house while all in quiet rest [Verse] Shrouded by the night And by the secret stair I quickly fled The veil concealed my eyes While all within lay quiet as the dead [Chorus] Oh night thou was my guide Oh night more loving than the rising sun Oh night that joined the lover To the beloved one Transforming each of them into the other [Verse] Upon that misty night In secrecy beyond such mortal sight Without a guide or light Than that which burned so deeply in my heart [Verse] That fire t’was led me on And shone more bright than of the midday sun To where he waited still It was a place where no one else could come [Chorus] Oh night thou was my guide Oh night more loving than the rising sun Oh night that joined the lover To the beloved one Transforming each of them into the other [Instrumental] / / [Verse] Within my pounding heart Which kept itself entirely for him He fell into his sleep Beneath the cedars all my love I gave [Verse] And by the fortress walls The wind would brush his hair against his brow And with its smoothest hand caressed my every sense it would allow [Chorus] Oh night thou was my guide Oh night more loving than the rising sun Oh night that joined the lover To the beloved one Transforming each of them into the other [Instrumental] / / / / [Verse] I lost myself to him And laid my face upon my lovers breast And care and grief grew dim As in the mornings mist became the light There they dimmed amongst the lilies fair There they dimmed amongst the lilies fair There they dimmed amongst the lilies fair. [Outro] =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=- # 4 - Marrakesh Night Market [Intro]                             [Verse] They’re gathered in circles the lamps light their faces The crescent moon rocks in the sky The poets of drumming keep heartbeats suspended The smoke swirls up and then it dies    [Chorus] "Would you like my mask? Would you like my mirror?" Cries the man in the shadowing hood You can look at yourself you can look at each other You can look at the face the face of your god [Instrumental]           [Verse] The stories are woven and fortunes are told The truth is measured by the weight of your gold The magic lies scattered on rugs on the ground Faith is conjured in the night market’s sound    [Chorus] "Would you like my mask? Would you like my mirror?" Cries the man in the shadowing hood You can look at yourself you can look at each other You can look at the face the face of your god [Instrumental]                       [Verse] The lessons are written on parchments of paper They’re carried by horse from the river Nile Says the shadowy voice in the firelight the cobra Is casting the flame a winsome smile    [Chorus] "Would you like my mask? Would you like my mirror?" Cries the man in the shadowing hood You can look at yourself you can look at each other You can look at the face the face of your god [Outro]                                                         =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=- # 5 - Full Circle [Intro] [Verse] Stars were falling deep in the dark darkness As prayers rose softly petals at dawn And as I listened your voice seemed so clear So calmly you were calling your god [Instrumental] La la la la la etc.    La la la la la etc. [Verse] Somewhere the sun rose o’er dunes in the desert Such was the stillness I ne’er felt before Was this the question pulling pulling pulling you? In your heart in your soul did you find peace there? [Interlude] La la la la la etc.    La la la la la etc. [Verse] Elsewhere a snowfall the first in the winter Covered the ground as the bells filled the air You in your robes sang calling calling calling him In your heart in your soul did you find peace there? In your heart in your soul did you find peace there? [Outro]                                                                                 =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=- # 6 - Santiago           (Instrumental - no lyrics) =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=- # 7 - The Two Trees This is an acoustic adaptation for one or two classical guitars. Lyrics and chords follow. C  3 3 5 5 5 3       0 3 2 0 1 0 F  3 3 3 5 6 5  OR   1 3 3 2 1 1 G  3 5 5 4 3 3       3 2 0 0 3 3 Am x 0 2 2 1 0       x 0 2 2 1 0   (Preferred Set)      (Easier Set) ___________________part 1_____________________________part 2________                                                  |                              |                         E|-----------------------0----------|---5--5--3---------------------| B|---5---5--5----3---1---3---5---5--|---|-----|--5--1--3--1---------| G|---2-------------------|---|------|---3-----|--------|-----0--2---| D|---|-------------------|---2------|---------3--------|--------|---| A|---0-------------------|---3------|------------------|--------0---| E|-----------------------3----------|------------------3------------| Repeat two times the whole thing then play four times the part 2. You can even add some arpeggios to make it sound better but pick the melodic line’s notes louder. Lyrics and Chords -------------(part 1 and 2 : then )--------------- Beloved gaze in thine own heart     The holy tree is growing there     >From joy the holy branches start And all the trembling flowers they bear The changing colors of its fruit Have dowered the stars with merry light The surety of its hidden root Has planted quiet in the night ----------(part 2 only : )----------------------------------- The shaking of its leafy head Has given the waves their melody And made my lips and music wed Murmuring a wizard song for thee     (part 1 and 2) There the Loves a circle go The flaming circle of our days Gyring spiring to and fro In those great ignorant leafy ways (part 2 only) Remembering all that stroken hair And how the wingled sandal dart      Thine eye grow full of tender cares Beloved gaze in thine own heart    (part 1 and 2) Gaze no more in the bitter glass The demons with their subbtle guile Lift up before us when they pass Or only gaze a little while        (part 2 only) For there a fatal image grows That the stormy night receives Roots half hidden under snows Broken boughs and blackened leaves      (part 1 and 2) For all things turns to bareness In the dim glass the demon hold           The glass of outer weariness Made when God slept in time of old      (part 2 only) There through the broken branches go The ravens of unresting thought Flying crying to and fro      Cruel claws and hungry throat Or else they stand and sniff the wind And shake their ragged wings : alas! Thy tender eyes grow all unkind Gaze no more in the bitter glass (part 1 and 2) Beloved gaze in thine own heart   The holy tree is growing there From joy the holy branches start And all the trembling flowers they bear (part 2 only) Remembering all that shaken hair And how the winged sandal care Beloved gaze in thine own heart =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=- # 8 - Prospero’s Speech [Intro] [Verse] Now my charms all overthrown And what strength I have’s mine own Which is most faint now ’tis true__ I must be here confined by you [Verse] But release me from my bands With the help of your good hands Gentle breath of yours my sails__ Must fill or else my project fails Which was to please [Verse] Which was to please now I want__ Spirits to enforce art to enchant And my ending is despair__ Unless I be relieved by prayer [Verse] Which pierces so that it assaults Mercy itself and frees all faults As you from crimes would pardoned be___ Let your indulgence set me free =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-