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"Siren" is one of those songs I wish I'd written.

That credit, however, goes to Joan Shelley, a musician I've admired for many years now. If you ever see this, thanks for embodying the very best of what folk music is and can be.

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lyrics

you’re lost on a sea that you sailed on
now it’s cold and rough where you are

it’s a harsh wind blowing
but i did not call this storm you see
i’ve just been here, open-armed, invitingly

i’ve been alone on this sea for so long
i wanted to touch, i had to feel love
before these waves took me under

but [ava] you came to me in the dark, in the dark
and as gentle as a siren can be
i caught you and i held you down

oh if the pink light of morning
would wash all the demons out of here
i could lie down on your ground
and pull my body near

but the knots in my stomach are telling,
there’s nowhere to rest, there’s no place to go,
and the shadows, they keep on
with their shanty song

it’s the darkest horse that’s chasing me down
and the gods here have no care
where you go when you drown

i’ve been mistaken for something i’m not
for something i wished i could be:
pretty and fine, i’d draw the line
at just singing soothingly

but i’ve been a liar
i have been ugly, i can be ugly

and we’ll join the venture and the morning star
singing haul away my laddie-o...

you’re lost on a sea that you sailed on
now it’s cold and rough


* [ava] was the name i substituted to make this song a little gayer; in Joan Shelley's version, "Aden" is what was written and sung. i also possibly changed a couple of other words, made everything lowercase, and added extra punctuation as i am wont to do

credits

from Lauren Oxford, released October 28, 2022
written by Joan Shelley and featuring lyrics from "The Final Trawl" by Archie Fisher

Lauren Oxford: lead vocals, harmony vocals, banjo
Jen Midkiff: lever harp
Sunnie Larsen: violin, viola
Betsy Tinney: cello
Cathy McManamon: recorder
Brenda Sutton: bodhrán
Jen Distad: drum programming

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Lauren Oxford Sevierville, Tennessee

Lauren Oxford is a songwriter, folksinger, and filker who lives in the mountains of East Tennessee with her wife Emma & their three cats. Her debut album combines soul-bearing, heartfelt lyricism and lush, thoughtful orchestration, courtesy of some of her dearest friends.

She is also a member of folk “queertet” The Starlight Darlins, whose first EP is also available on Bandcamp. (see link below) ... more

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