Name: Ayelen
Duration: P00H03M45S
Description: A song inspired by Cree legends I heard as a child and beautiful Northern Ontario

Ayelen

from Inception by Cayleah

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A song inspired by Cree legends I heard as a child and beautiful Northern Ontario

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Didn’t end up exactly the way she thought it would,
those who hurt her never had to pay
No one ever said this world would be fair or true,
beautiful or blue

She paddled out onto the lake, in her canoe
water like a mirror, smooth and cool
in the mild morning mist drifts along
between the bullrushes she heard their song

‘Girl reach up out of that stone,
when you grasp the fire of the sun,
you’ll warm up all that is cold,
trapped in that stone, it will all fall around,

And you’ll be free, then you will see and believe, Ayelen, trust me’

Settled down onto a bank by the shore
a great white pine, white rocks and a black crow
on a bed of needles there she thought
days turned into years how do I reach the sun

Wasted nights and wasted years
she fought until she had no more tears
Wasted nights and wasted years
she cried until she had no more fears

An eclipse dawned for the second time
an old owl she had come to know
said ‘C’mon child this is the night, we must go
and together they rose from the snow

Her hand rose up out of the stone
she broke through what she had never known
she felt the warmth send cracks through that stone
a ray of light she caught and brought it home

And she was free then she could see and believe, Ayelen, she was free

Ayelen, Ayelen, Ayelen, Ayelen

credits

from Inception, released December 5, 2012
Performances:

Cayleah
Jesse Kelly
Paul Arsenault
Soohong Cho
Jeremy Fong

Recorded at:

Grizzly Sounds
JFP Studios
MIA Studio 4

Production:

Cayleah M.
Jeremy Fong Production

Engineering:

Jeremy Fong Production
Richard Gracious

Mastering:

Rob Nation (EMAC Studios)

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