Name: Of All The Gods
Duration: P00H03M35S
Description: A classic ‘gift from a poor musician’ Rosie wrote this as a Valentines present for Rowan.

Of All The Gods

from What Holds The World Together by The Wilderness Yet

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A classic ‘gift from a poor musician’ Rosie wrote this as a Valentines present for Rowan.

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Of all the gods that man has conjured
In his wonder and his fear
And for their love torn asunder
All the world for ten thousand years
They cannot move me, for all their might
Like my lover's arms that reach to find me in the night.

Of all the treasures man has plundered
In his arrogance and greed
That from her depths the world surrendered,
However unwillingly
They cannot move me, for all their worth
But one look from you and I move heaven and earth.

With all the magic man imagines
Fills the voids and lights the dark
They cast themselves their false horizons
Ruled by cards and joined up stars
There's no spell upon me, no fated path
I give myself knowingly and freely to your heart.

I've jumped, not fallen
Eyes wide open...

All the words that man has wielded
To his credit or his shame
The words that both attacked and shielded
Signed up or signed away
They cannot move me or make a mark
Like my lover breathing, keeping vigil through the dark.

Of all the vices man falls prey to,
It's pride that feeds wars constant rein
Glory the name that vain men gave to
What should make them weep with shame
I won't let it rule me, pride I disown
For you are as warm a lover as vanity is cold.

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from What Holds The World Together, released July 21, 2022
Words & music by Rosie Hodgson

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The Wilderness Yet combines the acclaimed talents of folksinger Rosie Hodgson, traditional fiddler Rowan Piggott, and guitarist-flautist Philippe Barnes. Independently, they have earned audiences’ esteem as consummate musicians; together, they weave a tapestry of traditional & self-penned songs with a charm and familarity that is usually only found in seasoned line-ups. ... more

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