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Into the Fire - full album

by Kristina Jessen

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1.
Wickerman 03:29
In the shadows lie, woven webs repelling efforts of the Divine Opportunistic eyes watching waiting hiding behind disguise Shed the layers forget the naysayers cast it all to the sky Wickerman on fire Make or fake it right wave your flag surrender in the endless night Hate wont make it right its in your hands to discern the truth from the lies Dive into your pain, but know its the long game, Its best you hold on tight Wickerman on Fire repeats
2.
Float 04:00
I lay my head down, and take a deep breath Lost in this madness, how long will it last Weakened and weathered, I witness myself, I witness myself And I floated down and down Like a feather I floated down and down and I floated down and down Like a feather I floated down and down Seasons will change, flowers to snow Life will decay, to ashes we'll go Over and over, I waken again, I waken And I floated down and down Like a feather I floated down and down and I floated down and down Like a feather I floated down and down repeats
3.
How come you only wanna tear me down Pull up your bootstraps you'd say Every time I turn around Your cold heart's in my way repeat How come you only wanna break me down Make me a slave to your moral brigade This mauve magistrate Spouting tight laced hate repeat Into the fire here we go Into the fire head to toe Into the fire to be seen Into the fire to be cleaned Never did you mind the mills or the mines There were riches of the finest kind Legacies of loathing Let your hair down How come you let them make you feel so small To lay down the law just to break your own fall I'm tired of waiting To come come alive ! Into the fire here we go Into the fire head to toe Into the fire to be seen Into the fire to be cleaned This run is over, Now it's my turn Into the fire here we go Into the fire head to toe Into the fire to be seen Into the fire to be cleaned repeats
4.
In My Bones 03:11
I pray for the courage, I pray for the courage to trust I pray for the vision, I pray for the vision to see I pray for the strength that we all might find, To walk this walk and see the light in our kind I pray that I feel you, I feel you in my bones In my bones repeats
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6.
Dawn breaks, another darken day, Convention and habit are here to stay It seems no light at the end of the road No magical myths left to be told The crow sits perched on the telephone wire The leaves on the trees red as fire And emptiness fills the depths of my heart Seams of sanity have come apart No no, light is shining through No no, light, will be left for you Drop down to your knees Someday you'll see past those pearly gates Get to know the devil inside Laugh at yourself cuz its, just a ride Playing the game, creating a life For a while things feel alright Then the silence cuts through the night Take a deep breath and, Open your eyes Oh oh light, please show us the way Oh oh light, are you hear to stay ? *solo Oh oh light, running through my veins Oh oh light, bringing love to everything Oh oh light, making lighter the pain Oh oh light ooh
7.
Rise Again 03:24
I will not play small no matter what the pain Even if I fall get on my feet Like the trees stand tall out in the pouring rain Winds at my back help me rise again repeats Rise again Rise again, rise again, rise again repeats We can hold in highest even in this game Know your worth don't try although its all the same Like the gypsy rose bloomin into her name Face in the sun help me rise again Rise again, Rise again, rise again, rise again repeats Wisdom of the wind, rhythm of the rain Wisdom of the wind, rhythm of the rain repeats I will sing I will stand I will know my name I will listen to the rhythm of the wind and the rain repeats Rise again, Rise again, rise again, rise again repeats
8.
I feel the earth move under my feet I feel the sky tumbling down, tumbling down I feel my heart start to trembling Whenever you're around Ooh, baby, when I see your face Mellow as the month of May Oh, darling, I can't stand it When you look at me that way I feel the earth move under my feet I feel the sky tumbling down, tumbling down I feel my heart start to trembling Whenever you're around Oh, darling, when you're near me And you tenderly call my name I know that my emotions Are something I just can't tame I've just got to have you, baby I feel the earth move under my feet I feel the sky tumbling down, tumbling down I feel the earth move under my feet I feel the sky tumbling down, tumbling down I just lose control Down to my very soul I get so hot and cold, all over, all over, all over, I feel the earth move under my feet I feel the sky tumbling down, tumbling down I feel the earth move under my feet I feel the sky tumbling down, tumbling down Tumbling down, tumbling down...
9.
Come Home 03:33
Home again come home again, we are not in this alone again Come home again come home again, we are not in this alone again If you could see where I have travelled If you could feel what I have felt You would see it was a battle I was having with myself Station after station Never felt like I belong I said, no more destinations I guess I just needed to feel so far gone Wherever I go, I wanna come home to you Wherever I go, I wanna come home to you I don't have to run away To prove that I have grown I know now I can stay You will always be my home I see the road is not required, but in my heart behold The place it held along my way, the stories that it told Wherever I go, I wanna come home to you Wherever I go, I wanna come home to you Open keep your heart open Open keep your mind open repeats solo Home again come home again, We are not in this alone again Come home again come home again We are not in this alone again repeats Wherever I go, I wanna come home to you Wherever I go, I wanna come home to you repeats
10.
Part 1: Come home again come home again We are not in this alone again Come home again come home again We are not in this alone again repeats Part 2: Open keep your heart open ooh Open keep your mind open ooh repeats Open 3: Let me know that I am safer here Open your heart, open your mind repeats
11.
I will not play small no matter what the pain Even if I fall get on my feet Like the trees stand tall out in the pouring rain Winds at my back help me rise again repeats Rise again Rise again, rise again, rise again repeats

about

On a musical level, this album was a product of play and exploration. Experimenting with harmonies and vocal layers are some of my favourite things. I also enjoyed throwing in sporadic, improvised violin bits and solos here and there. It has a neo folk-inspired sound, which on a very basic level just means more sounds and experiments beyond a typical acoustic folk concept.

On a feeling level, the album and its name was born out of an experience of going into the dark, into feeling hard feelings, Into the Fire. The intention to sit still (meditation, ceremony, conflict/discomfort), for longer than is comfortable, and see what would come from that place - the bulk of the songs written through covid, an inward and processing time. I wanted to create from that place, and to let go of sounding 'sweet' or 'nice'. As a woman, in this culture, with generations of programs and voices, inside and out saying, 'play small', 'be nice', 'be quiet', 'just listen', these songs and the process of creating them, was medicine for the soul.

This work feels imperative in a culture that has forgotten how to celebrate, nurture, or often even recognize that wilder, sometimes uglier, but deliciously vital life force that resides within all women (and men). I wanted to enliven and wake up that force that dwells, sometimes way down deep inside. It never leaves us, it just waits until we remember and reMember, with love, to give it space, reverence, acknowledgement, so it can resurface and do its work.

The journey continues, but the process of writing and sometimes rewriting these songs really helped me peel back layers, embrace, accept, let go, burn up, the dying parts, the parts that no longer serve. From that place a spaciousness can emerge, where new seeds may be sown, that can with time, patience, breath, and love, begin to germinate and grow into greater aliveness, fuller participation as a human being in this world, at this time, in relation, in community, in service.

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released April 6, 2023

Adam Bailie - production, sound engineer, mixing, mastering
Chris Andrew - piano
Album art: Alice Forde

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