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Hammer and Bridge

from Play Me A Time by Ayla Nereo

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The bridge it is exploding in my sight
A waterfall of hammers drowns my sighs
Black and white, you walk on up,
Heart of steel your boots tip-touch
Reach on out so you can clutch
The bleeding pink of the clouds in the sky.

[So won’t you cry my life tonight?
Won’t you let me live in your eyes?
The water’s coming up so fast
Don’t blink back your weeping past
Clear it out and make it last
And please cry out my life.]

The hammers have all gone home for the day
Bridge the gap, then walk away
Don’t leave me high up here alone
It’s a secret I’m afraid of showing
Take my hand and point me home
And I’ll be on my way, I’ll be on my way…

[Chorus]

So go to sleep now, hammer baby, time to dream
Daddy’s going to build you so many things
You’ll balance on his bouncing knee
He’ll tell you all the things you’ll be
And one day all his life you’ll see
In the bridge, as it is falling.

[Chorus]

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from Play Me A Time, released January 5, 2006
Photo by Payam Cherchian

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Ayla Nereo Nevada City, California

Ayla Nereo is a creature of forests and rivers, a bridger of timeless and modern, a musician and poet weaving a magical and emotional world of sonic beauty. Lyrical meditations and riddles of language dance into tapestries of sound, weaving electronic rhythms with celtic melodies and elvin mantras. With an uncanny ability to crack open the heart, here is an ode to the innate wonder of being human. ... more

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