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Before the Last Light is Blown

by Shelly Yosha

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Down to Dust 03:40
I’ll count the endless days until they end This season’s sun around the bend The wind will stir dark into light ‘Til it seems all the roads have changed over night I called for a confessor but there was none Like waiting for silence to come undone My faith swam off shore towards the setting sun and I waited til it faded and there was none If hunting is nothing more than the chase, then this silence never never may break When I’ve ground such beauty down to dust maybe maybe then I’ll learn to trust the hours that will blow brightly by til there’s not a single cloud tainting my blue sky If hunting is nothing more than the chase, then this silence never never may break
2.
The swelling winds sing of a past When all around was just a wilderness of glass ‘Til one night the mystic moon had a crash Then I found myself alone In a city carved of ivy and stone And in each child’s eye I saw a diamond glow I said hello, how could I know Like ghosts the shadows rise and fall You can hear the hours breathing and call Like ghosts the shadows rise and fall You can hear the hours breathing and call Who do they call? Before the king rears himself a throne I’ll pack my bags and leave this ain’t no home Before it opens wide and you are swallowed whole Do as your told Like ghosts the shadows rise and fall You can hear the hours breathing and call Like ghosts the shadows rise and fall You can hear the hours breathing and call Who do they call? When you find yourself alone In a city carved of ivy and stone And in each child’s eye you see a diamond glow Just say hello
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The devil on Delancey only comes out after dark When he walks the streets He owns the night and everyone he meets When I heard his footsteps coming I knew an offer would be made “what we are in the night” he said “is very different from who we are in the day.” I danced the devil’s tune I danced and prayed for day When I gazed up at the moon, it was red as clay He twirled me to the left, twirled me to the right And when his eyes met mine, I knew I lost the fight When I heard his footsteps coming I knew an offer would be made “what we are in the night” he said “is very different from who we are in the day.” I danced the devil’s tune I danced and prayed for day When I gazed up at the moon, it was red as clay He twirled me to the left, twirled me to the right And when his eyes met mine, I knew I lost the fight The devil on Delancey only comes out after dark
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Say it sweet Keep it short When he moves No one knows his course Like the wind, When it blows From here to there from coast to coast He might come back, creep in at dawn He might arrive when dusk has gone You ask his name He says what for With a smile like your words should be ignored He moves in close Steps in deep How you wish you could see beneath Like the wind, When it blows The days are long The nights are sweet In his arms you admit defeat If he stays a month or leaves next week He was never yours, yours for keeps He’s Like the wind, When it blows From here to there from coast to coast He might come back, creep in at dawn He might arrive when dusk has gone Like the wind, When it blows

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released February 19, 2011

All songs, words and music, composed by Shelly Yosha, except Samson (words, Yosha; music, Itamar Borochov).

Chris Parrello - guitar
Avri Borochov - bass
Ziv Ravitz – drums
Hadar Noiberg - Flute
Avigail Malachi - Clarinet
Miles Jacques - Clarinet
Colin Mannes - Bassoon
Joe Beaty - Trombone
Lynn Bechtold - Violin
Mioi Takeda - Violin
Jon Weber - Viola
Jennifer DeVore - Cello
Mike Effenberger – Orchestral Arrangements
Eyal Vilner – Conducting

Produced by: Shelly Yosha

Recorded & Mixed by Jonathan Jacobi at Nashdy Sound Studio, Brooklyn, NY

Mastered by Maor Appelbaum at Maor Appelbaum Mastering, Los Angeles, CA

Photography: Carie Thompson
Design: Matan Shalita

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Shelly Yosha Tel Aviv Yafo, Israel

Shelly is a Tel Aviv based musician and writer. She draws inspiration from pop to poetry, and from folk to world music. Shelly has merged her love for yoga and music by deeply delving into the world of live musical accompaniment for yoga, performing sanskrit chants on voice and harmonium in studios and retreats in New York City, Portland and Tel Aviv. ... more

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