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Pilgrim: Song Cycle For A Transformation Myth

by Molly Allis

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AntiBerch Really fun music with an eclectic story attached! Wish more people knew about this. Favorite track: Oh, Great Mother!.
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Scott Steven Erickson These songs are timeless and transcendental! Favorite track: The Void.
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Oh, sun kings! Oh, galactic children of all ages! Oh, warrior princesses who ride wolves fiercely! Oh, sorcerers and lightning throwers! Oh, rumblers and tumblers, Pilgrims on your Pilgrimage, Oh, great face of the universe! There is a place for us...
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The Void 04:33
In the beginning, There was a void with nothing else around. Do you remember, The sacred space within your heart? Everything is just made of light The world is created from within the human heart Enter into the school of mysteries and great journeys will knock at your door Magic is encoded in our blood I love you as the Earth loves the Sun Let's transform until we become one. Here it comes...
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There's a doorway To enter The secret Chamber of your heart. Through the doorway There's a purple mountain In a kingdom.
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The Magician 03:37
I'm here to remind you that you are alive We are all just souls dancing And Pilgrim your heart is a ball of light opening it's the Fire of creation, blessings are given in disguise Are you living in the warm glow of light? Are you dreaming in the kingdom of the heart? Pilgrim your heart is a ball of light It's the fire of creation, gives blessings in disguise Go young Pilgrim to the wilderness within. I'm going home... It's not you against the world, open your eyes.
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I am in the right place, in the right place I am in the right time, in the right time Things are beginning to shine. Take a little drop from the mountaintop Then i'll bring it back to you. Love is a great big ocean and there's plenty to go around So follow the river back to the source you just might drown Have faith in the open heart It's from where flowers shall bloom Shoot your little light up to the stars Gets reflected back to you by the moon When my body explodes it's in pieces of all of you It's in pieces of all of you I know it's like disappearing but it Feels more alive than anything Enchantment Bring you back to life, fill you full of light Listen to all that speaks to you Let it wash its way through you Be a beautiful empty vessel for the light For the light Take a little drop from the mountaintop Then i'll bring it back to you.
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Subterranean 06:51
I walked up to the edge of the cliff Then I kept on going Falling is flying I surrendered to my own death I was surrounded by darkness And the feeling of cold earth In a dream I went down underground But I will find you in the dark And we'll get there Subterranean. We dig our own truths up from the ground Buried in the snow We travel to the earth's core Mining for our gold We die we're reborn Unstuck in time I can't feel the warmth yet But I know that it's there Pilgrim I'll Find you in the darkness And we'll get there Subterranean. When the darkness bites and the earth quakes So fiercely around us From the rhythm of dancing hearts The ring of fire eternal The flames cast shadows on the walls of Dancing skeletons rejoicing Keeper of the beat our hearts are pounding fiercely Death, you and I make music together Death, you are suck a merrymaker.
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Oh, sweet death! Keep one hand on my shoulder so that I may remember How we disappear in an exhale Leaving the faintest traces of gold dust And the sound of wind chimes behind Echoing softly in our empty places. Then we cross great distances Swirling through time and space There are people who play between What is hidden and what is seen Catch them on a given day Spinning their bodies up and away Until they fade to the sound of tinkling glass Only to come back down the ground laughing. Running to the sunrise, we're running to our end Can you feel the crash, will you smash away my skin How fast can you fly? Wipe the tears away from your eyes. Don't let it end, just let it begin.
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Sing the vibration, and you shall move Through anything at all Can you see through that looking glass? These walls built hollow If you study the mysteries your shape will shift If you break all the clocks you'll become unstuck in time Moving freely between past and future Dimensions are yours to explore If you live in your heart and unlock the door Chambers await your arrival Spirits echo your true name The face of the universe will reveal itself to you It appears in the mirror of the sky So let your shell disappear and reappear with the glow. Having learned about the light If you want to see it, look past the surface Peel the layers back and get to the essence Of your fellow spirits, they live among us The trees they may speak And the plants they may teach us The secrets that we've forgotten Remember from where we came The void of creation's the same Transformation is not just a game it will Bring you back to your heart And shed your remains. So fear not these cycles Of turbulent transformation Creation moves through you The spark gets ignited And the flames will grow They'll get brighter and brighter Until your something else (altogether now) Flowers will explode out of your chest Revive! Revive! Revive! And rejoice that you are alive.
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You are the roots You are the rock You are the gentle hand You are the stillness at night. Oh lord, I woke up crying this morning And I didn't even know why I'll lay down my body before you Revive me with your light. You are the roots You are the rock You are the gentle hand You are the stillness at night. You are the gentle hand, you are the gentle hand. You're the most gentle hand. And when you exhale your last breath You'll find out that it's made of light And with the dragons and the stars You'll float away into the night And you'll go back back back To the places that you knew before To the belly of the birth Where you unstrung your holy score.
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I've been looking for you for such a long, long time Come into my warm embrace, Pilgrim. I've been looking for you for such a long, long time Let me feel your pulse once again! I will cry my tears to you And when I come I'll see every one of my loves. Every single creation That we will make together And through your beauty I can love the whole world so much more. Breathe me in and breathe me out Please do cry and please do shout Your love gets me so high It flashes up and down my spine Oh all the things We will do in time This is the sweetness Oh, we reunite!
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In the deepest night, in the deepest night In the darkest night There is a light to the other side. In the darkest night, There is a light to the other side. And though we may be far away I know we're well on our way. Though the brambles, through the bushes Through the unmarked trails I know you'll find, I know you'll seek, a higher Divine in time Divine to the other side We are marching into the great unknown! Rejoicing that soon the truth will all unfold! Our bodies become alive with the glow! So celebrate we're on out way to becoming whole Oh yes we are!

about

A girl named Pilgrim is summoned in her dream by a mythical creature to take a heroic journey into the Kingdom Of The Heart, seeking transformation and enlightenment. A laughing magician who can shatter clocks appears in her room, and as Pilgrim becomes unstuck in time, the Magician opens a portal for her. Pilgrim enters, and turbulently crosses the threshold into the wilderness within: the enchanted Kingdom Of The Heart. When she reaches the other side, she discovers she has sprouted antlers, and her body has transformed into an animal/human creature.

Upon her arrival in the kingdom, Pilgrim learns that she must travel to the earth’s core to retrieve her soul. She digs her way down to a cavern, and is reborn there after a clan of joyful skeletons (and Death itself) befriend her, and return her soul to her amid celebratory drumming and dancing. Later, with the help of an ancient sorcerer, Pilgrim learns about her own supernatural powers, which had been lying dormant within her, including shape-shifting, time travel, and telepathy. Finally, Pilgrim has a love affair with the spirit of Mother Earth herself before leaving The Kingdom and returning to the world from which she came. She has an army of light warriors beside her, ready to revive and transform everything and everyone else that is still living in darkness.

credits

released January 1, 2011

Produced and arranged by Molly Allis
Molly Allis and Ian Ferrel recorded at the Peace Palace in Portland, Maine in July, 2010. Everyone else recorded in various parks and houses throughout the country.
Engineered and mixed by Greg Beson and Molly Allis.
Mastered by David Hermann
Cover art by Molly Allis

Musicians:
Molly Allis: vocals, guitar, drums, piano
Kathleen Attfield: trumpet
Cassandra Burrows: saxophone
Jen Datka: flute
Shaunalynn Duffy: clarinet
Ian Ferrell: guitar, banjo
Caitlin Krenn: banjo
Luke Janela: cello
Adam Leier: guitar
Ben Lucal: bass, glockenspiel
Andrew Prete: harmonica
Adam Schutzman: horn
Matthew Woellert: bass, guitar

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