Episode 015 - Hummingbird Sessions
Concert Time!
Welcome to Episode 015 of the Hummingbird Sessions, featuring the top five songs voted on by you guys in the last poll. This month's concert is a mystical, magical set which is perfect for the misty green October we're having here in the PNW. Featuring some high-energy fiddling, mystical songs and Solana's favorite new instrument (the harmonica!) this one is lots of fun. Good choices, guys!
What was your favorite song in this concert? What is a song you'd love to hear in a future concert? Let us know in the comments below!
Sit back, turn up the volume and enjoy!
✨ The Set List ✨
1. Mermaids
2. "Bit Epic" Set: Sevens (Liz Carroll) / Drunken Policecar / Box Reel II
3. Colors of Home
4. Fairy Dance Jig / Henri the Lobster (Ruadh MacMillan)
5. Wise One
Lyrics -
Mermaids
(G. Gothard, W. Gothard)
The swell of the ocean, the salt of the sea
This movement and motion is foreign to me
My homeland behind, a vast distance ahead
The warnings of sailors have filled me with dread
They told me old tales of the bravest of heart
Mysterious fathoms that some men can chart
Of the ones who discover, while other men sleep
The creatures that lurk in the cool briny deep
CHORUS
Oh they say in the sea
There are mermaids wild and free
Keeping watch in the storm
Guid you home, safe from harm
They will keep you safe in the storm
Storm clouds are brewing, the wind lifts to blow
Moving and tossing, the pewter waves grow
Terrible beauty, swift lighting and rain
I’m afraid for my life on the cruel raging main
CHORUS
Our ship made it through with a patchwork of scars
Wreckage of wood ‘neath the stillness of stars
The horizon goes on for miles and for years
I play a sad song but nobody hears
Daylight breaks early, there’s sighting of land
I find that I may have the strength left to stand
Their good mission over, our guardians must go
The mermaids return to the fathoms below
CHORUS
CHORUS
Colors of Home
(G. Gothard)
They came from all over, blazing a trail
Like the snow that melts swiftly, from the peaks to the coast
They made a place there, for me to know
Like a tapestry woven, the colors of home
CHORUS
I miss the evergreen trees
I miss the comforting rain
I miss the grey of each misty new day
I miss the colors of my home
I miss the way the air feels
I miss the way that I know I belong
I miss the colors of my home
I grew up running pine needle trails
Moss green of the forest, the seagull’s bright call
Copper sunsets on a sapphire sea
Wide open spaces, as far as I can see
CHORUS
Bridge
Call me back!
To the windswept beaches
Call me back!
To the fresh salt air
Call me back!
To the mountain reaches
Call me back!
Oh I feel so far away
They paint a memory, a part of me
It’s gold like the lightning that strikes violet skies
Crimson canyon, the evening’s red flame
Hear the chorus of voices calling my name
CHORUS
CHORUS
Wise One
(G. Gothard)
Oh wise one / what do you see?
Road to nowhere / night so crystal clear
Starlight winter / maybe I’m searching
Owls soaring / over the trees
CHORUS
What can you see? What do you know?
‘Cause I’d give anything to know what you know
Show me your ways for my cloudy days
A north star for finding where we are
‘Cause I’m hoping to grow
Into a wise one
Oh
Into a wise one
Oh
Oh wise one / wiser than me
Urgent whisper / wilder than the wind
Swift and silent / indigo feathers
Secret courage / send me a sign
CHORUS
Bridge
The more I grow, the less I know
Except that life is beautiful, but strange
The more I grow, the less I know
That nothing is predictable, but change
… and maybe the journey of life is in the wondering…
Oh wise one / shine ever on
Owls soaring / resilient and strong
Friendly smiles / when we’re together
Music soaring / brightness of dawn
CHORUS