Witching Tree

by Ash Mandrake

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I wrote this song in a wonderful garden in Somerset. There was a big old tree with an enormous mushroom growing from its trunk. I slept by the side of it and on waking remembered a time when in The Black Forest in Germany I'd fallen asleep on the roots of a tree and dreamt that I'd become a part of it.

STAGED RELEASE

Like many of my songs, there is a larger project ticking away in the background. I've decided to release them in a stripped back form (mainly tres guitar and voice) with minimal midi accompaniment.

The reason is - Many of my songs, that I believe are quite beautiful haven't seen the light of day, because they are too long in the crafting. I may not be a perfectionist, but I think I might be a "magnificentist". I'm creatively ambitious. But sometimes, it's just better to get nice songs out there, so they can start living in people's minds. With the re-release and revision, they'll evolve - And you can be a part of that evolution.

For those who buy this and other songs in my staged release series for a pound or more, I'll email you the new release when it's ready.

There is a third verse which will be featured in the revision/re-release.

lyrics

Don’t know which is you
And which is me
But I made my bed by the witching tree
And there blessed and robed
In leaves of gold
The story of ages began to unfold

And when I awoke
In a snow fall of webs
The seasons had built me
A soft silken bed
Where dreams of bright dapples
Had coloured the haze
And the whispering breezes
Had tuned every blade

Don’t know which is you
And which is me
But I made my bed by the witching tree
And there blessed and robed
In leaves of gold
The story of ages began to unfold

And when I awoke
With the wind in my leaves
With the trickle of rain drops
That ran down my sleeves
A voice from the distance
Did call me away
To the land of my dream time
Where I knew I would stay

And there blessed and throned
In leaves of gold
You will hear my voice beckon
As your dreams I enfold

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released January 21, 2023
Lyrics by Ash Mandrake
Music by Ash Mandrake

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