Sam Slatcher - Swallow and Saint

from Stories of Sanctuary by Sam Slatcher and the Sanctuary Seekers

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Swallow and Saint
One day a swallow flew
Into the room where you
And I had been dancing round and round.

Thousands of miles we've come,
Under the same old sun
Flying like swallows do
To find a way through.

Caught in the window pane,
Someone had felt her pain,
Everyone rushed to set her free.

Someone had climbed a chair
Someone could barely stare
Someone had reached their hands
To hold and care

And as she flapped around
Her delicate wings unbound
Everyone held their breathe to see

And our hands reach out,
Holding back wire frame
Figuring out, how we can let you go
In the evening light, over northern skies
Where our friendship lies
And the saints will rise, and they whisper
"I am in the miracle of the blue and gold
As her wings unfold, to the open sky”

Oh when a swallow flew
Into the room where you
And I had been dancing
Round and round

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from Stories of Sanctuary, released November 9, 2018
Guitar and vocals performed by Sam Slatcher
Lyrics and music by Sam Slatcher

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Sam Slatcher Durham, UK

Sam Slatcher is a folk singer-songwriter living in Durham, North East England. His honest and reflective songwriting, delivered with a calming and delicate voice captures the warmth of humanity and a longing for peace and justice.

To date, Sam has released his first EP 'In Unlikely Places (April 2018), the collaborative album 'Stories of Sanctuary' (Nov 2018) and 'Chaos & Solitude' (May 2020) ... more

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