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Seducing the Emperor

from Seducing the Emperor by Lunar Thorn

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    CD with booklet containing song notes and original artwork by Paul Parsons.

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Feelings of fear and isolation at the beginning of Lockdown, alongside luring Emperor moths to my garden in Welney. Including words from a dear friend and Covid survivor, Annette Shelford.

lyrics

When did this alter, my life by the river? I've bricked up the doors to invisible harm.
Feeling the danger is just round the corner, my heart's beating faster
In time with the call of the wren.
The colours of Spring burning up with the sun, I wander through woodland, meeting no one.
Where are you hiding, your wings still unfurled? How could we know
This would feel like the end of the world?

Brimstone and Peacock dance in the breeze, watch 'til the Emperor flies through the trees.
Hearing the earth breathing once more, I can't remember
The last time that I wore shoes.
Pheromones hanging in gauzy black lace from branches of Silver Birch reaching to space.
Luring the day moth like Sirens of old, seducing the Emperor,
Promising riches untold.

When did I last see the sky oh so blue? No vapour trails bisecting the view.
The river flows slowly over the stones, silently moving
Over the land no one owns.
And where are you now? Are you breaking free from the Major Arcana to fly here to me?
To follow the lure to the slow-flowing river, the Brimstone and Peacock,
The whitest of Birches and me

credits

from Seducing the Emperor, released October 2, 2020
Amanda De Burgess: Lead Vocal, Harmony vocals, Acoustic Guitar
Steve McGrady: Acoustic Guitars, Bass Guitar
Mark Galbraith: Mandolin

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Lunar Thorn Cambridge, UK

Lockdown 2020 folk rock duo project.
Their “Seducing the Emperor “ CD contains songs written during lockdown, and recorded in their home studios using acoustic instruments to give a natural feel to the album. They have gone on to release other songs as solo artists and in collaboration with others. ... more

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