SONG OF A
THOUSAND
LEAVES
Sovereignty
Devon, UK 2014
This song came after a night around the fire in Sky’s Sprouts’ lodge, feeling connected to something ancient and remembering I have a choice as to how I live my life.
Making the video for this song was a series of one unexpected, treacherous, yet enlivening adventure after another. One day I’d love to share the whole story of four days up on Dartmoor with cars breaking down, £4000 drones getting stuck in trees, slow blizzards and wading through ice cold rivers!
Chords
Verse:
Dm Am Em Am
Chorus:
G F Am Em
G Dm Em F (G)
Angels of light
Carry me, oh carry me
Angels of light
The path of freedom’s flight
So take my growing dream
Winds of music plant the seed
Ever changing tides below us
Song-lines running deep
Chorus:
Rise up sun now within us all
River of love flow through my soul
Ancient ways learned from the earth
A new day dawning, a bright new birth
Here we are humanity
Choosing how our change will be
Standing strong in our sovereignty
​Angels of peace
Heal the mind quieten the seas
Angels of peace
Weaving song-lines through the leaves
Turning seasons, shadow falling
Silent valley, deepest breathing
White water ever calling
Calling to the heart
Chorus x 2
Musicians
Susie Ro – Vocals
Michael Stanton – Guitar
James Watts – Mbira & Arminian Duduk
Rowan Sterk – Percussion
Allan Kerr – Congas
Misha Mullov-Abboda – Double bass