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Between Us

from Balance by Tempest

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BETWEEN US
(Sorbye/Reynolds)
A snapshot of a hesitant, hopeful moment of transition, set in transitive light. The story unfolded in imagination while listening to the traditional melody, Gus Breo. A lovely melody, more sympathetic to the band’s style, was composed for the piece by Lief.

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Tangle a girl in the thorn of your heart
And need for her will not depart
And as long as the breath still passes through me
I will long for the love of fair Sharon
Skin like the white of the birds in the sky
And midnight her hair and the sea of her eye
Though younger and golden your sister may be
You know that I live to have you

All the long day on the cliff's ragged face
You gather your herbs with agile grace
And in the red twilight you smile at the sea
For you've not learned the news of your sister
Several men came to the cottage below
Soft Claire is lost in the watery glow
And when the wild ocean has come for her own
We must pray for an angel to guide her

When we were children we roamed the white sand
And life was a treasure, coin in our hand
Early I knew you forbidden to wed
And that Claire would be taking my name
Though I well knew you must care for your Da
My heart you had taken, painful flaw
Oh Sharon, your sister was gentle and kind
But your darkness imprisoned my ardor

Ruddy the light as the wind whips your dress
Sleek with spray your hair flies in threads
Soon I will tell you the sobering tale
Of what fate has dealt your sister
Even just now I imagine your eyes
As I cover the truth with the softer lies
I think we can fathom what God meant to be
Or He'd never taken Claire into the sea
Or He'd never have taken Claire into the sea

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from Balance, released April 24, 2001

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