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Charioteer

by Susan Raven

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mar sh If, like me, you're a sucker for interwoven acoustic guitars and ethereal voices you're going to love this. Beautifully crafted, performed and recorded, this album sings from the heart. I love it! P Favorite track: Shinrin Yoku.
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Phi Yaan-Zek A beautiful and inspiring collection of visionary acoustic songs. Lyrically uplifting and a delightful musical experience from start to finish - a much recommended album! Favorite track: Charioteer.
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1.
We are the truth in an ocean of lies They vandalise the Earth and they poison the skies But the machinations will no longer prevail We see what they are and we're on to their trail Come believe me when I say we are The indestructable and the Holy and Divine And we are a children of a long forgetting But now remember who we are See how they run from the beam of your heart when you stand in your “I AM” between your science and your art You are radiant beyond your will to decide So unfurl your sails and make waves within the tide Come believe me when I say we are The indestructable and the Holy and Divine And we are a children of a long forgetting But now remember who we are Oh, ring the bells and dress the wells, the swallows have returned, They spin the air with wings that dare to heal what has been churned, They are our prayer... And I am on my knees in praise of bees for all that they have done, Emissaries of the sun, singing praises to the One, To the One, to the One Ostende mihi colorem amoris (show me the colour of Love) Ostende mihi colorem amoris
2.
Shinrin Yoku 04:29
Little white river running down the hill Going where you want to, doing what you will Little white river we hear your sacred song You make us very welcome and we feel we belong in... Shinrin yoku Shinrin yoku Shinrin yoku The scent of the forest is ancient and cannot be sold the scent of the forest, more precious than diamonds and gold Oak and ash and hawthorn rooted in the ground High upon the hillside we hear your sacred sound Oak and ash and hawthorn come heal our wounded soul We smell your scent of wisdom and we yearn to be whole in.. Shinrin yoku Shinrin yoku Shinrin yoku The scent of the forest is ancient and cannot be sold the scent of the forest, more precious than diamonds and gold Humble I am when I walk with thee Humble I am when you talk to me
3.
Charioteer 04:17
I met a man on my journey through the forest in the rain He had a halo on his head, a lantern in his hand...he knew my name He said 'Human being why are you keeping your light so low When you could let it grow, You are more than your body made of flesh and bone, You are an angel in waiting, when you find your way home You are alive and divine and a child of the sun, of the sun...' All hail to the charioteer Who spans the sky bringing us good cheer He is the life in the middle 'tween the core and the sky Pause to meet him, pause to meet his eye I met a lady at the foot of the waterfall She had a long green gown and stars on her silver shawl She said 'hey now daughter, here in the water there's a history Of all that you could be You are more than your pattern of a troubled past You are an angel in waiting, find your task You are alive, and divine and a child of the ground, of the ground... All hail to the charioteer who spans the Earth bringing us good cheer She is the light in the middle 'tween the Earth and the sky Pause to meet her, pause to meet her eye... All hail to the charioteers who span the Earth bringing us good cheer They are the life in the middle 'tween the core and the sky pause to meet them, pause to greet them, pause to meet their eyes Here we go spinning down the spiral once again From Pisces to Aquarius I'll see you on the bend I'll greet you on the journey and I'll meet you at the end
4.
I walked to the gate of the sycamore tree To the hill where the rising sun Shone a ray on the fields in the valley below And the sway of the golden corn The zephyrs in the wild west wind Said the circle makers came... left their sign upon the fields In the early morn, they said now... Human being you're a ray of light, you are amazing You shine from here to distant stars, it's clear, you are amaaazing And you can do just anything if you try I looked to the sky for a reason why they gathered in the Milky Way To see the fate of a human race at the rise of the end-of-days The zephyrs in the wild west wind said the circle makers came They're here to lend a hand at the rising of the clans, they said now... Human being you're a ray of light, you are amazing You shine from here to distant stars, it's clear, you are amaaazing And you can do just anything if you try try try If you try try try If you try We are amaaaazing, we are amaaaazing, we are amazing
5.
All around the sun brings fire to the living word Casting out the frozen lie Climbing into high skies speaking out of colour form Sacred are the secrets you sigh Living speech beyond my mind Glad to know you and your kind Living speech beyond all time Glad to know you..... and your kind Wishes made of sea spray dance across the morning tide Seeking out a friend in play And tears that fell so long ago lie upon the ocean bed Waiting for a break of spell Living speech beyond my mind Glad to know you and your kind Living speech beyond all time Glad to know you..... and your kind And there'll be legions climbing mountains Seeking temples of light... and sounding Into regions beyond a heart beat that call a new life A new life in
6.
She's endlessly generous with her bounty of metals, minerals and gold but what have we done with Earth's beauty? It's been plundered, bartered and sold For shield walls, muskets, air raids and drones... Now we are fettered with loans Well we're tired and we're done with endlessly working out why... One man's joy is another man's treason Born in the view from the hill that he climbs Love is the route, the light and the reason Guiding us in on a will and desire To rekindle the fire Will history repeat itself In the tick of the clock on my shelf Or will the preachers in the pulpits and the boardrooms Hear the new tune and rhythm in time Where human, angel, elemental, unite and speak... Speak in a new language of light 'Cos we're tired and we're done with endlessly watching the play Where one man's joy is another man's treason Born in the view from the hill that he climbs Love is the route, the light and the reason Guiding us in on a will and desire To rekindle the fire We started at birth with the turn of the Earth in our time Oh, hand on your heart and let's see, see what we find
7.
We're tossing on an ocean for many a thousand years We've toed the line in our space and time And now the buck stops here at a sign It says too many people are waking for the old guard to prevail The house of cards is falling in the yard And the snake has found his tail it's a parting of the road And now's the time to know, because... Some will be rising and some will just fall Some will be loosing it all There'll be keepers of wisdom and hoarders of gold At the gates when the wave hits the wall So, what can we do? Here's what what we do oo Tune your diamond with a voice of love and ride the storm Ride the storm We could feel it as elation or the ending of our days The Central Sun is bathing everyone with a new sound on its waves It brings word of a new way of being Free from mechanical mind And the waves of Grace will form a race to lead the human line Across the bridge of time, so find your path to climb, because... Some will be rising and some will just fall Some will be loosing it all There'll be keepers of wisdom and hoarders of gold At the gates when the wave hits the wall So, what can we do? Here's what what we do oo Tune your diamond with a voice of love and ride the storm Ride the storm
8.
Fortune favoured me today when I woke with the rising sun Songs of birds said in the sounds I'd find my way back home To a world of creativity where love is the rule of play And I'd be no slave in Plato's cave, and I'd be... Free to fly from the chains and the shadows In the underworld where illusion spins a lie And I will praise the skies and dance with Apollo On the sun-rays in the high summer tide Like a chiiiiild who sees a rainbow for the very first time I will be rolling on a wave from the heart of the universe... To a brand new Earth Wisdom in the light shines on the rays of the solstice sun While we work out what will be done when our hearts and our minds are one And if I make a promise to my angel to believe That I am the Light, the Light I am, will I be... Free to fly from the chains and the shadows In the underworld where illusion spins a lie And I will praise the skies and dance with Apollo On the sun-rays in the high summer tide Like a chiiiiild who sees a rainbow for the very first time I will be rolling on a wave from the heart of the universe... To a brand new Earth I will be rolling on a wave from the heart of the universe... To a brand new Earth
9.
Two Girls 04:36
Two girls laughing bringing in the hay On a long hot hazy summer day Two girls laughing, the dogs are barking too, Mum and Dad will take the trailer up the way They come from a place that I know, They come from a place where I grow Into a world where the curlew cries And the buzzards fly in a clear blue sky Come July, when the season is high, They'll be working on a summer's day Making Hay on a summer's day ay ay ay Two girls laughing on a summer's day, Two girls laughing on a summer's day Two girls laughing taking out the hay On a cold bright frosty winter's day Two girls laughing, the cattle lowing too, The Highlands red and gold against the snowy hill They come from a place that I know, They come from a place where I grow Into a world where the westering sun Turns the corner at solstice with a promise to come of the long tall grass and the scent Of the new cut summer hay Making Hay on a summer's day ay ay ay Two girls laughing on a summer's day, Two girls laughing on a summer's day Two girls laughing they are making hay they're making... Two girls laughing making hay...

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"Haunting and memorable songs, beautifully composed, the sort of songs you find yourself singing as you go about your day." - JY
"Thank you for yet another heart-warming soul-lifting series of songs. The world is really a far better and brighter place for you and all that you bring!!" - ST
"Huge congratulations on the CD, a true Work of Art. Crystal clear vocals, Susan is a Bard of modern times." - LJ

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released August 19, 2020

Susan Raven - 12-string acoustic guitars, vocals
Satch Norton - acoustic guitars, percussion
Brian Gulland - piano, oboe, recorder
Jonna Rivers - backing vocals
Andrew Prince - bass guitar
Simon Edwards - bass guitar on "Brand New Earth"

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Susan Raven Wales, UK

“The task of the troubadour has always been to listen to the wind and anticipate the future, to discern the fine nuances of a spiritual age and to play the dual roles of receiver and transmitter.”

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