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From the Ashes

by Aaron Corwin

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1.
Wandering Man 04:03
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Oh, I was born a wandering man and a wandering man I'll die For I have crossed the land and heard the call of the open sky! On these two feet I've traveled from the mountains to the sea Oh, I was born a wandering man, come wander now with me REFRAIN: And it's Hi and it's Ho! And away to the winds we go And it's Hi and it's Ho! And away to the winds we go I left my home when I was young to see what I could see I set my pack upon my back for the spell was over me To hear the music of the world and the rhythm of the road In a hundred towns I've sung my songs and a hundred tales I've told I've worked with the deck beneath my feet in the spray of the water's tide I've sung and drunk the night away with friends at every side I've lived and laughed and loved and cried with a broken heart to mend I've marched as a soldier in a land I'll never see again BRIDGE: Oooh, Away to the winds we go Oooh, Away to the winds we go Oooh, the time has come Oooh, to wonder on... Oh, here's a toast to the open road and another to the sea And here's to all the wandering souls that never dared to leave At desk and dorm and darling dreaming of the open sky And I'll be a wandering man until the day that I should die
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Running from Fear 03:23
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He walks along an empty road Hands in his pockets keeping fingers from the cold Inside his place is warm and dry But there’s a picture of the one he left behind And he says… Love is only running from fear Another way to lose my mind Working hard now for all these years Doing my best to survive Doing what I can to get by She looks up into the sky Up on the mountain standing by her lover’s side His eyes are warm his hands are strong But they both know she doesn’t know where she belongs And she says… Love is only running from fear Another way to lose my mind Working hard now for all these years Doing my best to survive Doing what I can to get by No, no, no… no, no… I let you go So don’t you keep on coming by No, no, no… Our time is gone Why can’t you just let it die? I would let you go I would let you know What you meant to me I would let you go I would let you know I would let you be Love is only running from fear Another way to lose my mind Working hard now for all these years Doing my best to survive Doing what I can to get by
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Slow Down (Little Tina) 03:22
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Where have you been little Tina Why so much pain behind your smile? Where are you going littleTina? And could you stay for a little while? Slow down I can hear the sound of your heart breaking When I smile for you do you know what it is you’re taking? I see you stripped of all the masks that you’ve been making this time Ooh, this time Ooh, this time I’ve gotta know little Tina Do you really understand? Who do you run from, little Tina? You hold your future by the hand Slow down I can hear the sound of your heart breaking When I smile for you do you know what it is your taking? I see you stripped of all the masks that you’ve been making this time Ooh, this time Ooh, this time Well you’re looking at me with your eyes so sweet And you never know where we’re going to meet And you’re taking it off but you’re taking your time and you know When everything fits but you don’t know where And you’re going on down but you’re taking me there And you’ve got the rhythm but not the rhyme and you know What have you done now, little Tina? Why did you have to catch my eye? Will you ever hear me, little Tina? Or will this be the last goodbye? Slow down I can hear the sound of your heart breaking When I smile for you do you know what it is your taking? I see you stripped of all the masks that you’ve been making this time Ooh, this time Ooh, this Slow down I can see the tracks that you’ve been making When I smile for you do you know what it is your taking? When will you leave behind the masks that I’ve been breaking this time?
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Behind the Curtain 03:59
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She looks out through the eyes that made the ocean Stillness in motion through the darkness As the lightning parts the curtain Stands alone as she dances in the shadows Watching the madness hidden there And still I see behind the curtain CHORUS: In stillness waiting I stand creating In the silence As I stand beyond the curtain Sky is burning The light returning to The smile in her eyes And once again I see behind the curtain She looks up and the emptiness surrounds her Though I have found her still I cannot Reach her through the curtain Drawing breath through the chains that try to bind her Someday I'll find her and I'll hold her When we pass beyond the curtain REPEAT CHORUS Calling me Calling me to go Calling me to To leave this place Run away Run away from here Never see never care What lies behind the curtain REPEAT CHORUS X 2
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I Am the Wind 04:34
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A hundred-thousand stars are burning in the night The secrets of the world are laughing in a child’s eyes You’ve found the places where the shadows run to hide And found the circles where the fairies dance to music of the Nightmares of a world that never knew a world beyond And cut your hands upon the shattered dreams that never left their Home that couldn’t hold a heart that heard a different song That hold you down and wrap you ‘round until you cry out let me free! Let me be… I am lost I am alone and I am trapped within the stone And I am bound Reaching down To sieze the whirlwind in my hands and shout my challenge to the land CHORUS: I am free I am the wind that rolls the waves across the ocean I am the voice that calls the river to the sea I open up my wings and watch the world re-open And call the cry that lets the water fall and wash away from me You’ve left the world behind that held you to the ground You’ve donned the wings, touched the sun and fallen from the sky And looked with wonder on the mysteries you’ve found And heard the bitter voices calling out to save you from your Doom that always beckons, always laughing out of reach Another shadow in the darkness in between the stars Another voice to tell you where you cannot seek Another warrior that stands between you and where you must go Letting go… Losing hope, losing your dreams, letting the silence take your screams That I am free I am me Reaching down to take the sword and cut the chains that I have forged and REPEAT CHORUS A hundred-thousand voices calling in the night Fearing the broken paths that you have walked a thousand times Blind in the darkness never seeing their own light Stopping to wonder as you cry out ‘open up your eyes!’ Never stepping in a world they’ve never known Never dancing to the music they could never hear Until the breaking of the silence fills the night And then the voices call out, Teach us, show us How to set us free… Let us be… We are lost, we are alone and we are trapped within the stone And you must cry Let them die Till they take their soul in hand and call the cry that they have banned: REPEAT CHORUS x2
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Dark Son Rising 04:06
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The suns will rise To set ablaze these desert skies And to remind me of this light that they say we must hold In hearts of stone Forget about all I have known To walk the path that they have made To my grave with my blade Still and useless at my side While my pride screams inside I cannot stand aside and Listen to all these screams On my own On my own Oh, my life My memories Of an angel I see her now in your eyes Oh, I… I still need you… But I need you To hold me from the fall I walk the precipice of light And go where I am called to fight Until the darkness shows the lies In the guise that the wise Used to cloud my open eyes And my cries reach the skies And the Dark Son rises Over the sand and the stone To stand alone I stand alone Oh, but I need you When I see you All the pain The emptiness is gone Oh, I Will never leave you But I need you To keep me at your side Deep inside We will ride On the power of the mind Hold me tight And the light Fills us both and Makes it right Through the night And the sight Of your passion brings up All of my dreams in your eyes The son will rise! The son will rise! Ooh, hear the call At the wall When the light falls from me Then I know Where to go Then I see you and night Falls down On me When the light falls from me I know Where to go… The son will rise To look his father in the eyes And very soon the world will see What it means to be seen No more cold and silent screams And the dreams that you’ve seen Know that I’ll be standing There when you open your eyes The son will rise (x2)
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Desire 03:54
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Dancing and diving Lost in the ruined skies I return to the moment Something was left behind In the dawn of a dream of the light Lost in the light of your eyes Going down that road not alone I have spent my blood and my bone Looking for that place I belong Now the time has come to return I’m going home Time isn’t done Life isn’t gone I have returned Love is my song Life will go on Here in your arms and we’re CHORUS: Born in the fire Rising up to the sky In the dawn of desire Loving you through the night And the day I can hear you calling my name From a thousand miles away All the times I wandered astray To come back to hold you today Let it begin Lips over skin Breath drawing in Tasting the wind Burning within Flame starts to spin Spiraling in and we’re Born in the fire Rising up to the sky In the dawn of desire Loving you through the night Oooh, no nooo The time has come the light is gone Oooh, no nooo The road I’m on goes on and on na na na… I’m going home Time isn’t done Life isn’t gone I have returned Love is my song Life will go on Here in your arms and we’re Born in the fire Rising up to the sky In the dawn of desire Loving you through the night Born in the fire Rising up to the sky In the dawn of desire Loving you through the night In the dawn of a dream of the light Lost in the light of your eyes
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Ride On 03:21
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Hold on Say it softly We are here, now With secrets yet to tell We can leave the lies unspoken Come with me, love, For the moment is real Slow down Take it slowly I am here, now To take you away All that came before is broken Take my hand, love And hear what I say CHORUS Oh these dreams Of horizons Rising up to me All I see You can ride on You can ride with me And we are free now Free of sorrows And this emptiness Is a fading dream You and me our lives aren’t over Take my breath, love, And see what I see REPEAT CHORUS Ooh let it go Let the light come down On this empty town Ooh I am here And tonight we’ll see what this life can be REPEAT CHORUS x2
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All Right Now 03:55
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You and I All warm and breathless Coming lovers as the night becomes the day All the while The storm was breaking And the lightning falls and thunder rolls away Falls away… And the day… CHORUS: You and me! We have stowed the sun and Returned the mountains to the waves And the days! It is all undone and This life has just begun today And I say That it’s all right now (for this love we share) It’s all right now Yes it’s all right now (let the world begin again because) It’s all right now… Holding on We’ve got each other In this moment when it all begins to change Moving on Into this new life Knowing nothing now can ever be the same Be the same… And the day… REPEAT CHORUS BRIDGE: Never knew what life could be Trying so hard just to see I couldn’t find you And all the times I could not cry Til you opened up my eyes I saw inside you But it’s all right now (for this love we share) It’s all right now Yes it’s all right now (let the world begin again because) It’s all right now… You and I All warm and breathless Coming lovers as the night becomes the day…

about

Recorded in a garage in Colorado Springs in the summer of '03. This album was intended to be mostly non-filk, but a few of these songs have proved popular with filk crowds, and will be re-recorded and re-released in new arrangements and much higher quality.

In the meantime, enjoy the originals.



Cover art by Peggy Stenmark

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released August 1, 2003

Aaron Corwin: Vocals, guitar, keyboards
Shane Knutson: Bass Guitar

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Aaron Corwin Seattle, Washington

Aaron has been writing and performing filk and folk music since the mid-90s. He will be releasing a new album in 2012.


Photography by Shanna Washburn (aurorachrisma.deviantart.com)

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