The Lost Words Blessing - Alto 1

Lyrics by Robert MacFarlane & Jackie Morris (from their book “The Lost Words Spells Music by Karine Polwart, Julie Fowlis, Seckou Keita, Kris Drever, Kerry Andrew, Rachel Newton, Beth Porter, Jim Molyneux. The form of the song is inspired by Scottish Gaelic. Watch the video about the creation of this song here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Hg1xFYpXuWA Lyrics: Enter the wild with care my love And speak the things you see Let new names take and root and thrive and grow And even as you travel far from heather, crag and river May you like the little fisher set the stream alight with glitter May you enter now as otter without falter into water Look to the sky with care my love And speak the things you see Let new names take and root and thrive and grow And even as you journey on past dying stars exploding Like the gilded one in flight, leave your little gifts of light And in the dead of night my darling, find the gleaming eye of starling Like the little aviator, sing your heart to all dark matter Walk through the world with care, my love And sing the things you see Let new names take and root and thrive and grow And even as you stumble through machair sands eroding Let the fern unfurl your grieving, let the heron still your breathing Let the selkie swim you deeper, oh my little silver-seeker Even as the hour grows bleaker, be the singer and the speaker And in city and in forest, let the larks become your chorus And when every hope is gone, let the raven call you home