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BLIZZARD describes how harsh life can be for anyone who works out on the moors: farmers, construction workers, drovers, quarrymen, delivery men and shepherds. Highland Britain spends much of its time under the extremes of our weather and this is a comment on how tough life can be for those who have no choice but to work its land.
lyrics
BLIZZARD
Dark, oppressive, loaded skies
Life, goes to ground and hides
Quiet, before the howling winds
Shape, and batter everything
Trees, bent in violent twist
Stripped, of bark and torn of twigs
Branches, beckon to their lee
Fixed, through the shallow scree
Snow, with flakes the size of hands
Speed, on past in desperate flight
Gales, whistle, howl and moan
Stumps, of trees and walls of stone
Man, and livestock battle on
Ghosts, against a troubled sky
Seeking, refuge clinging on
One, side white and one side dry
Tracks, erased by deepening drifts
Shelter, in a distant hollow
Muted, sound from walls of snow
Drenched, with several miles to go
credits
from Moorscape - Album,
track released April 4, 2016
JOHN REED: Cittern, Vocals
KIERAN HEANEY: Electric Guitar, Bass Guitar
RAJENDRA JADEJA: Tabla
HEYGAMAL: Production
John is a Blackpool born singer-songwriter and radio show host whose songs cover themes of social injustice, environment,
politics, love, & life
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