SONG OF A
THOUSAND
LEAVES
Phoenix
Devon, UK 2015
​This song is a prayer to really step into courage. It came at a time when life had just got too much, I was at breaking point and I needed to die and be reborn. Two weeks after writing this song I went to my first utterly life-changing healing retreat and all of these prayers came to pass. “Blow me into dust and plant me in the river, show me how to trust, for I am gift and giver”. The retreat healed my anxious body, mind and spirit and re-opened my heart. I cannot express in words how much the spirit of these ancient ways have helped renew my life. You can hear this open tenderness in the Spanish part of the song, which was written just days after coming back from the retreat.
Come wind and come rain
Come time a turning
Come circle me again
Come fires burning
From four corners of the earth
And meet me in the middle
Come death and come birth
For I am light and shadow
Come light from furthest star
Mystery unfolding
Come show us who we are
Rising sun beholding
The wisdom of the seeds
Where all is born within me
The whispers of the trees sing
I am all and nothing
Chorus:
Courage lead me to the flames
Paint ashes on my skin and
Phoenix guide me through the fire
That I might rise again and
Calling out to the wind
To teach me to dissolve
Into this beating heart again
Come crashing ocean waves
Salty treasure keeper
Come singing spirits caves
Teach me to go deeper
Wind blow me into dusk
And plant me in the river
Show me how to trust
For I am gift and giver
Courage lead me to the flames
Paint ashes on my skin and
Phoenix guide me through the fire
That I might rise again and
Calling out to the wind
To teach me to dissolve
Into this living earth again
This breathing earth again
This breathing heart again
El viento lleva me
El fuego limpia me
Gran espiritu
Enseñar me enseñar me
Chorus
​Musicians
Susie Ro – Vocals
Michael Stanton – Guitar & piano
Murray Kyle – Guest vocals
Allan Kerr – Percussion
Misha Mullov-Abboda – Double bass
James Watts – Mbira
Roy Harmon – Trumpet