Love Will Be A River

from For The Weary Traveller by Holly Arrowsmith

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Tui Award for Folk Album of the year 2016

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It's not what we've seen on the world’s painted screen
Selfish or cruel, a game of the heart to be toyed with
Not a glorified feeling that destroys all
Who touch it in the end
But a gift that was given when time began

It's the essence that fills all human desire
But a mirrored reflection of something much higher
And we are just vessels, which carry this light
Given to show one another
Who love was written by

I am cracked and flawed, So are you
But these are spaces for the light to come pouring through

Maybe the more we let out, the stronger it'll grow
Till all who, fall in its path feel the warmth of its glow
And our love will be a river, flowing out into the sea
Started in the mountains
Where you washed my feet

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from For The Weary Traveller, released July 31, 2015

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Holly Arrowsmith Auckland, New Zealand

‘Spare, subtle, approachable and utterly beautiful, anchored by a voice that pulls you close and cancels the noise outside.’
/Stephen Thompson- NPR MUSIC

Born in the heart of the American desert, in Santa Fe, New Mexico and raised in the mountains of Southern New Zealand, Holly Arrowsmith is a strong forerunner in New Zealand’s current folk revivalist movement. ... more

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