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Seven stars the points of a crown, my halo
seven winds in all their directions to blow
north, south, east, west and up above,
ohh and down, down below

when I fell it wasn’t gentle or slow
winds will gather, they will form tornado
on my knees in a basement and when I come up
there is steel through the heart of a tree that I know

towns skeletal remains and my friends are all gone
directed into the winds with their wings they have flown
to hold center, their command or a choice of my own
an illusion or a labyrinth I can’t know

do I stay, clean up this mess, build and grow
abide the choice or command of the center to hold
seven winds call out and I laugh ‘cause I don’t know
in my ruin, which direction to go

who gave me this halo, who gave me this crown
put seeds in my hands, cemented my feet, and threw me in the river to drown
was never a farmer, I had just come around
a wanderer, a jester, a bard and a clown

if I make wings do I break the damn or block the flow
on the wind there is no center, no crown, no halo
but I’ll be damned if I stay here cemented to this throne
take a breath, feel the wind, cold and stone
on my knees in a basement and when I come up
there is steel through the heart of a tree I had grown

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from When I Held The Blue Jewel Of My Heart, released September 15, 2015

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