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Lyin' Lion

from Music for the Moon by Mars

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Words and Music by Mars
Vocals, Harp- Mars
Chorus - N0rth, Katy Collet,
Emily Carson-Apstein, Freda Reitellep
Produced and Mixed by N0rth
Recorded in St Didace QC

lyrics

Walking down the street I can still feel the weight of your head as you sleep, pressed into my shoulder
I cave to the grief, and the fire that smouldered in me
every time that we dared to bare teeth

we smilled to uncover all the beauty that we are
when we turn up our cheeks at each other

Pressed in and pressed under
broke down, and in wonder
at everything found when we gave ourselves up
curling and bending and living and sending out roots
while we shiver and tingle to touch

We reached to disrobe all the pain and the woes
that get stuck in our skin and our clothes

You're a lion
a little lion
you are lyin’
don’t lie to me, lie to me, lie to me, lie to me, lie to me

I am feeling the fear
as it rises in me
still somehow it is deep as the dark of the sea
“Like the depths”
you had quipped
as you reached for my lips
you were quick
for her tides do run inside me

in my hair and my nails and behind all my veils
are the waves that crash
and retract rhythmically

I am allowing the tears
I look back through the years
to find all that is near is a dormant tree branch
we use half our hand
to take what we can
and past all of our plans
we are brought back against

the dark side year tree trunk
is sleeping
seems defunct
but deep inside
greenness is gleaming

You're a lion
a little lion
you are lyin’
Don‘t lie to me x5

And riding over tracks
I can whisper your name
over clacks and the whirr
of the distances gained
I am boldened and sure
I’m in the right frame
You’ll ask me again
you’ll pass me the blame

We edged to the sides and yet still we heard
the rush and the hiss and the crack of the hurt

And bumping down the road
I can mutter the nonsense
syllables for me
that you coined
without conscience
I’m sweet
let it be
not like you
in your flawed sense
I took to the road but it wasn’t to flee

you were lyin’
you were lyin’
I still don't know why
you lied to me

And riding underground
I will still hear the tune
of your words
hollow sounds
that had stirred up my courage
the questions abound
from the pain as it flourishes
blooming from fissures that open deep down

Glinting and grey
like the city tracks know
we must snake
as we rake through the flow
as it goes
crash past the forms
as they grow

You're a lion
a little lion
you are lyin’
don’t lie to me, lie to me, lie to me, lie to me, lie to me (x2)

There’s no need
to lie to me

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from Music for the Moon, released August 25, 2019

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Mars Gabriola, British Columbia

Mars is an experimental folk singer, songwriter, and harpist currently living and working on the traditional ancestral lands of the Snuneymuxw people. Using voice, harp, loops, and her imagination, Mars strives to create a dreamlike state in which to tell soothing stories and bring nightmarish shadows into the light. Mars has created one full-length album project, entitled Music for the Moon. ... more

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