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Floodwood

by SisterMonk

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1.
Where may she be, my spiraling lady Deep in the fires of the dark I lay my head down in the lap of the lady And bathe in the river of sparks There's life and death Death and life And a black wound in every heart Like ashes she poured When the sweet night was over Out of my cumbersome arms She went down to the edge Downward she wandered to bathe in the fires in the dark Down to the end oh down my girl waded Into the River of Sparks Lay my head down Lay my head down Let this body rest Lay this burden down Lay this burden down On my mother's breast Where he may be the lad whom I laid with a thousand nights and more well he's gone where the waters Salve all remembrance He's gone to the other shore There's something he whispered that lives in our embers Sparks that remember the soul He vowed that in time he'd show me the secret But i woke to a cold ring of coals He went down to the edge Downward he wandered To bathe in the fires in the dark Down to the edge oh down my boy waded Into the River of Sparks Lay my head down lay my head down Let this body rest Lay this burden down Lay this burden down on my mother's breast Ohhh Oh mother carry me down to the sea Down where my true love is waiting for me oh mother mercy carry me home Carry me down where the sweet water flows
2.
Smoke 03:34
SMOKE Say it like this Wind moves through the trees Smoke sets its sting, sets its sting on me I am touched I am moved COUgh and Wheeze Become aware of the breeze Here we go- Smoke I am water Smoke, smoke I am water Smoke, smoke I am water Smoke, smoke Help me to believe Before it becomes a distant memory To mix the shadows and light, go all the way Beyond the beyond... Say these words Become beginning and end Connect us to An invisible thread Everywhere Smoke I am water Smoke, smoke i am water Smoke, smoke I am water Smoke, smoke Cast your heart into the fire Step off the high wire Standing on air Floating free Beyond the beyond Smoke I am water Smoke, smoke I am water Smoke, smoke I am water Smoke, smoke (RUSSIAN) Dim Diem Yavada DIm Dim Yavada
3.
WATCHING THE WORLD I spent the morning waiting for the dawn by your side A smile of awaiting for you was for me a reluctant goodbye I spent the morning waiting for the dawn by your side A smile of awaiting for you was for me a sorrowful goodbye You were tasting new beginnings while i was... Watching the world, watching the world come down Sorrow looks like anger when words are hard to find But the waters of a teardrop are redder that wine You can show someone the truth We have to find our won understanding Your words come from love But it's not what I haven't already thought We have to find our won understanding Watching the world, watching the world come down Your words come from love But it's not what I haven't already thought We have to find our own understanding Watching the world. watching the world come down Words cannot describe that moment in time, that moment time The red in the sky i could see in your eyes, I could see in your eyes Watching the world, watching the world come down
4.
SWEETEST THING There's something heavy and light Going on in my mind I dare not come out and say it It's a thought out of time And if I stacked our days like a deck of a cards And stare at it through a glass jar I'd see your face for the very first time Maybe I've never really seen it yet. I don't think i ever told you You're the sweetest thing, that's happened to me You're the sweetest that's happened to me You're the sweetest thing that's happened to me And a ring did appear It jumped right through the class A heart shaped token of love that came from the past To shift the deck is not to lose To say I'm sorry for not really seeing you Love, how long can it last Forever stuck inside a glass I don't think I ever told You're the sweetest thing, that's happened to me You're the sweetest thing that's happened to me You're the sweetest thing that's happened to me
5.
Notebook 04:48
NOTEBOOK Words in my notebook where's there's no safe refuge Thought will be pried open for you to peruse We work, work, work and fight Body's sore day and night At the center is the flame, I stay close to its fire The beauty and grace of a bird sitting on a wire I search and wonder if it gets easier But that makes it harder, so much harder I look outside, I look inside And I scan you darkly Where am I? Tell me how you feel Tell me how to deal Feelings so complicated Nothing stays the same None of it goes away Just words in a notebook Choose your words wisely They have power to sustain I may want to get woke to what I felt this day We work, work, work and fight My body's sore day and night Work, work, work and fight Body's sore day and night At the center is a flame, I stay close to its fire The beauty and grace of a bird sitting on a wire We work, work., work and fight My body's sore day and night Work, work, work and fight Body's sore day and night Tell me how you feel Tell me how to deal Feelings so complicated Nothing stays the same none of it goes away Just words in a notebook
6.
Whisper 06:16
WHISPER Whisper in my ear The wind is singing on a grassy hill Like a lute, like a whistle, and a trill Winding through my hair My fingers are closed tightly on bunches of golden hair The lion shakes its mane and Sends me flying through the air Whisper in my ear I'm weightless and broken I am the atmosphere Whisper in my ear Like a vision of a prayer I'll whisper through you there Whisper in my ear Of jaws that bite and tear Howling through grass and matted hair The wind doesn't care The wind sings like a lute Like a whistle with a trill And I lie face down in pieces Perfectly still Whisper in my ear I'm weightless and broken I am the atmosphere Whisper in my ear Like a vision of a prayer I'll whisper through you there You can't even leave if you want Because you are not really there (You were never really there) You can't even leave Whisper in my ear I'm weightless and broken I am the atmosphere Whisper in my ear I'm a vision of a prayer I'm the wind and I don't care
7.
Hunter 03:42
HUNTER You wake from a dream to a creak on the steps The Hunter is coming, he is seeking your death Walking in the shadow of total stealth He comes in a shrouded light You scream "I am here. please take my life" in the cove, the cove of once Upon a time And you wake from a dream to a creak on the steps oh god he is still coming from your innermost depths Long wasted legs pausing last every step He listens intently for your stifled hot breath You feel the urge to scream out but you can't even breathe Instead you are pleading "please take my life" In the cove, the cove of once Where we hid and we danced Children swept up in a fairy romance Where the sun shines in the mountainous grass Rokcs mark the trail of a giant's path In the cove, the cove of once These are the wrong part of the woods Don't go back to sleep Where we hid and we danced Children swept up in a fairy romance Where the sun shines in the mountainous grass Rocks mark the trail of a giant's path In the cove, the cove of once Upon a time
8.
Wilderness 04:32
He's afraid of the dark The trick is not to close the door all the way When he closes his eyes, he's afraid to find his heart Sing something good sing something beautiful Sing something good sing something meaningful We're all free In this place in this endless sea Of places, faces, one common humanity We're longing to breakthrough Freedom is real Never apologize, never antagonize every reaction is a part of the fraction You'll be tested, believe me my friend The closer you are the more will offend We're alone, alone in the wilderness Through the drone through the buzz of this life There's a hint of mystery I've built a thousand worlds and still imagine you next to me We're longing to breakthrough Longing to breakthrough Freedom is real, freedom is real Never apologize, never antagonize Every reaction is a part of the fraction You'll be tested, believe me my friend The closer you are the more you will offend We're alone in the wilderness
9.
Fee FI 04:10
Fe Fi I'm gathering up all my horses No pawns left behind Preparing for a long ride A tale of high adventure, quiet courage And steady pride Cause winter has almost died Fe fi fo fum I'm gonna love you the best way I know how Fe fi fo fum I'm the big, bad wolf gonna tear your house down Imagine a walk across a snowy expanse In my Jacket and sneakers and city pants Caught up in a blizzard Howl one can it last? Would you be there beside me Cause winter has almost passed Fe fi fo fun I'm gonna love you the best way I know how Fe fi fo fum I'm the big bad wolf gonna blow your house down We'll meet outside our comfort zone I promise to take you far form home A rendezvous in the great unknown We'll build ourselves a brand new home I want you to understand me cause I seek to know you stranger I want you Fe fi fo fum I'm gonna love you the best way I know how Fe fi fo fum I'm the big bad wolf Gonna blow your house down
10.
Floodwood 04:20
FLOODWOOD We used to shoot for the sun And swing form the moon If we part ways now, do we really become two The heart is a wide brimmed ocean Spilling over into song Those who sing them never lose They're never gone This dream that is life is life that's just a dream A whirlwind of circles A ghost staring through the glass of a mirror Knowing I'm already dead The heart is a wide rimmed ocean Those who sing never lose They're never gone This feeling it's never here to stay Nothing leads forward like being far away I've become so buried under The reckoning so sweet It's something late October And I'm trolling through the deep In floodwood This dream that is life Is life that's just a dream A whirlwind of circles A ghost staring through the glass of a mirror Knowing I'm already dead The heart is a wide brimmed ocean Those who sing never lose They're never gone This dream that is life is life that's just a dream

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We are SisterMonk and play World-inspired Rock, Pop, Funk with our hearts pointed towards the lyrical and our pulse joined to the tribal . How time flies and holds no weight over our wings when we continuously pick up, dust off, (keeping the magic dust, of course ) and develop that essential feeling that started us out on this journey. We have been biding our time writing songs and adventuring to our nourishing place called 'Floodwood' which is actual and real and also a wonderful metaphor for that space of stillness which contains the turbulence of storm and rivets our memory and imagination with beauty and striving and yearning. Well, we'll keep the exact address of Floodwood to ourselves but let it be known that we recorded this album last Summer at Studio G with Grammy nominee Tony Maimone (for best World Music album 2020). The question " How and when do we launch "Floodwood"? Has now turned into the feeling that “now is the time" as we personally and collectively find ourselves longing for our most inimitable memories and all they represent.

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released November 4, 2020

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SisterMonk New York, New York

SisterMonk is an established NY/NJ original band hailing from the Pacific Northwest. Their music: female-powered, djembe- driven, with poetic lyrics and soulful vocals – reviewed by New York Music Daily as “slinky, undulating, wickedly danceable punk-infused funk and Middle Eastern-inspired jams. There’s no band in New York like them.” ... more

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