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Into Gold (feat. Kirstin Crowe)

from First Second Chance by Flightless Fairy

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There was a storm brewing inside
As we tried to clear the air
Before a collision of clouded thoughts
Could strike us down.
Never in the same place twice, they say
But at once
We were reminded of what our roots look like.
Several seconds later came the thunderous realisation
That while together we could illuminate a room,
It was never meant to last.

Once the hourglass was flipped
And the cycle began anew
It was all I could do not to shatter its glass
And send every grain
Cascading.
Our time was up; you knew it, and I knew it too
But now I know too it'd never be worth the pain
To tread over the shards of the mess I would make
Just to feel snowflakes on my face again.
I may never see another white Christmas,
But I've never been one to resent the rain.

The mountains still call out to me
Coaxing me back home
Whispering all my names on the wind
My skin laid bare in the snow
Ready to receive each one
Ready to welcome them back into my being
Ready to melt into spring
And bloom once more.
But each of these names carry secrets
Not even an avalanche could conceal
How many times have you reinvented the wheel
Only for it to roll downhill?
There are only so many ways to descend a slippery slope.

But I have been in the presence of alchemists,
Unaware that they were teaching me everything they knew
How to turn blood into elbow grease
Sweat into cum
Tears into laughter
And fear... Into rebellion.
How to find love in the night
And life in the void
And peace in the fight
And kind in the scorn
And wind in the kite
And calm in the storm
And quiet in the white...
Noise.
How to produce a spark of my own
That can turn anything
Into gold.

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from First Second Chance, released April 12, 2019

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Flightless Fairy Wellington, New Zealand

I live in Te Whanganui-ā-tara / Wellington and make music somewhere between folk and pop about anxieties in Aotearoa both big and small.

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