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Sam Slatcher - Swallow and Saint

from Stories of Sanctuary by Sam Slatcher and The Sanctuary Seekers

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lyrics

Swallow and Saint
One day a swallow flew
Into the room where you
And I had been dancing round and round.

Thousands of miles we've come,
Under the same old sun
Flying like swallows do
To find a way through.

Caught in the window pane,
Someone had felt her pain,
Everyone rushed to set her free.

Someone had climbed a chair
Someone could barely stare
Someone had reached their hands
To hold and care

And as she flapped around
Her delicate wings unbound
Everyone held their breathe to see

And our hands reach out,
Holding back wire frame
Figuring out, how we can let you go
In the evening light, over northern skies
Where our friendship lies
And the saints will rise, and they whisper
"I am in the miracle of the blue and gold
As her wings unfold, to the open sky”

Oh when a swallow flew
Into the room where you
And I had been dancing
Round and round

credits

from Stories of Sanctuary, released November 8, 2019
Guitar and vocals performed by Sam Slatcher
Lyrics and music by Sam Slatcher

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Citizen Songwriters Durham, UK

Citizen Songwriters enables people to share their stories through writing lyrics, creating music and performance.

Stories of Sanctuary (2018) was the first published album, curated by singer-songwriter Sam Slatcher with Raghad Haddad from the National Syrian Orchestra and refugee poets and singers living in the North East of England.
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