Melisande In The Wood Alma Goetz

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Melisande in the Wood - Alma Goetz, 1902; lyrics by Ethel Clifford (scroll down to read them)
Andrea Kmecova, piano
Matt Redman, accordion
Stroud Green Festival, 2021
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"Lean down, lean down to the water, Mélisande,
And look at your mirrored face.
With your eyes for fear and your mouth for love
And your youth for pity's grace.

Look long, look long in the water, Mélisande,
Is there never a face but your own?
There is never a soul you shall know, Mélisande,
Your soul must stand alone.
All alone in the world, Melisande,
Alone, alone.

Drink deep, drink deep of the water, Mélisande,
From the shadowed pool drink deep.
Your soul shall long for the water, Mélisande,
As your eyes shall long for sleep.