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1.
RIVERS & STREAMS (Om alla berg och backar) 
Lyrics by MaJiKer The water of my back is floating like a bird Forever flowing from the mountain No frosty winter kiss No stone in the world Can stop the stream or freeze the fountain We rush and gush as one, her daughters and her sons Across the land her line grows longer With rain in our blood We feast on the flood Together we shall make her stronger We leap and sweep and hop, we flow and never stop The ocean calls for us, we hear her To join the distant sea Is our destiny And every second draws her nearer
2.
STANDING STONES (Kall sat undir kletti) 
Lyrics by MaJiKer 

 Carve us out of this country Our contours shimmer in stone Our history screams through centuries It sculpts our skin and bone Our history screams through centuries It sculpts our skin and bone Hauled up high, held firmly Here our view's so clear Who looks upon our family Will turn and run in fear Who looks upon our family Will turn and run in fear See these spirits we're calling Hear them sing in our chest They'll gather harvest quickly Then lead our souls to rest They'll gather harvest quickly and They lead our souls to rest
3.
EARTH (Krummavísur) 
 Lyrics by MaJiKer 

 Crumbs of earth in clattering ground Coiled in vitro, knotted round Feathered marks of memory Feathered marks of memory Furrow deep in fertile land Far beneath with dredging hands Under stone and story Under stone and story Out of frost's intrusive claw Excavate with strain and saw Svelte and melting deeper Svelte and melting deeper In through holes where humans fell Hammer, fracture, bone and shell Scrape and scrambling fever Scrape and scrambling fever History packed in icy earth Echoes in these holes have birthed Fable and folklore fading Fable and folklore fading Unleash plates, uproot and bore Out this country's fevered core Crust now ripe for raiding Crust now ripe for raiding Sand and silt, we slide below Soil our feast where gardens grow Fur and fir trees feeding Fur and fir trees feeding Crunch-crunch night is crumbling near Crush-crush fears buried here Grass-filled clouds are sinking Grass-filled clouds are sinking

4.
GEYSIR (Sofðu, unga ástin mín) 
 Lyrics by MaJiKer 

 Soft and hungry, outside in Waiting rain inside her Murmuring ground, once cold and thin Golden light unveils her skin Crystal and empty Watch the storm ignite her Though her melting mouth awaits Time must halt her hunger Waters bleed through sand and slate 'Neath the ground they undulate Yearning to burn The day she wakes from slumber Soft no longer, seething hot Pressed, suppressed and drunken Made from tides the moon forgot Breath of steam and lips of rock Memory lays a kiss On spirits sunken

5.
PINES (Ingen vinner frem til den evige ro) 
Lyrics by MaJiKer 
In the valley's glen here we evergreens grow Some say this veil keeps us stronger Shielded from our roots Seasons come seasons go Who'll live from soil meets no hunger Patterned coils of string Conveyed in raven's mouth Dark cones from the north will Open when we're south Sheltered we fall 'tween where Frail mud has cracked Under this dim flickering winter Men in their hundreds make shells of this meat Sated by needles they plunder Treading ancient ground Here they stand at our feet Purging our bristles asunder Inky veins they gauge, our oil to extract Darksome drink they swill, Our fragrant resin sapped Hard bark will seethe ‘til the dawn of the day Greed gains his graft here no longer In the valley's glen here we evergreens grow Some say this veil keeps us stronger Who'll live from soil meets no hunger Under this dim flickering winter
6.
MOUNTAINS (Jag blåste i min pipa) 
 Lyrics by MaJiKer With bluster we sing steeper Still calling up and down this land Our hilltop echoes leap up Eternally we chant When gone the mountain's caller Old slopes can hold this token We shout and warn of danger Enshrined in nature's root

7.
SNOW (Bytt-Lasses Brudmarsch) 
Lyrics by MaJiKer Pale as a bride's diamond dress As the winter brings a union 'tween the earth and sky this veil Will conceal and suppress He is listening and glistening in her cold caress White as the skies' milky clouds Now the air is softly swirling with the endless flakes of light As they fall with no sound Gliding intricate and infinite, smothering the ground From the mountain's peak to the plain Only memories of this land remain All he was is lost, nature's cost He's enveloped in her velvet skin, sealed inside the frost From the valley's heart to the hills Every inch of her lies soft and still Holding him below, won't let go He is bound beneath her silken sheets, sleeping under snow
8.
FROZEN LAKES (Långdans från Sollerön) 
Lyrics by MaJiKer 
So thin this skin, we are frozen Waiting for the thaw to come We'll cling ‘til spring is awoken Waiting for the thaw Can't blink, can't drink, we are frozen Waiting for the thaw to come We think in sync, slow motion Waiting for the thaw In cold we hold our breath Caught inside winter's freeze-frame Buried in the chill In deep and sleepless death Paralysed, we are prisoners Sentenced to be still Pulled down and bound, we are frozen Longing for the sun to rise Deaf, dumb and numb, never broken Longing for the sun Trapped under, stunned, we are frozen Longing for the sun to rise Each sound is drowned, never spoken, Longing for the sun In cold we hold our breath Caught inside winter's freeze-frame Buried in the chill In deep and sleepless death Paralysed, we are prisoners Sentenced to be still
9.
MELTING LAKES (Gärdebylåten) 
Lyrics by MaJiKer Hear the silence swirl and sway, we are melting Stillness slides away, we are melting Mouths that could not move break free to sing The coming of the spring See the surface bleed and flow, we are melting Freed, these reeds shall grow, we are melting Eyes that saw no light now watch us bring in The coming of the spring We're alive Thriving where waters walking free, Where the trees are talking Born again, we've worn these chains away With every golden ray We're alive, diving in new sensation Free from our hibernation Smash the ice and splash this vice away With the dawning of the day
 Growing warmer every day As our prison melts away

10.
BIRDS (Reven sat i seter) 
 Lyrics by MaJiKer 
Ravens sit in silence Over lands of violence Kingdoms made from ice-kissed hands Sing of songs from forgotten lands Remembered Night and day we scour the sky O'er boundaries made for breaking The dreams of man are shaking The lives you've lost on a lifeless stone Are nothing more than skin on bone Your wars like waves in the waters Our waters 

11.
CAVES (Móðir mín í kví, kví) 
 Lyrics by MaJiKer 
Move no closer, flee, flee Leave turn back run free, free Each step leads you darker and deeper Down with the demons dancing free Each step leads you darker and deeper Darker and deeper with souls like me Mouths like mine must feed, feed Whispered echoes plead and plead Craving life, we draw ever nearer Born under here where memories bleed Rays of light are dying in here, We're daring you near, so that death may breed.

12.
VOLCANO (Ó min flaskan friða) 
 Lyrics by MaJiKer 
 
No mean frost can freeze her Flesh of fire has seized her Thrusted far from winter Fear and flame won't miss her Mounds of magma kiss her Mould her thin thin thin Molten skin skin skin Mould her thin from molten skin Man can never resist her

13.
POLLEN (Vindarna sucka uti skogarna) 
 Lyrics by MaJiKer 
Winds wander seek us out and scatter us Forsaken breezes summon travellers Falling in summer's rapture Falling in summer's rapture Summer has snatched us from 
Cold's silvery hand Veiled morning glimmers 
Mingling here with us Youthful and tender, floating fearless Flowers of calm uproot us Flowers of calm uproot us Flowering shoots us out to northern land Lightsome we sail in summer's nebula Languid, this wind of spores's a smuggler Follow where roaming lead us Follow where gloaming lead us Finally flung to where we silently fell 

14.
STORM CLOUDS (Det står ett träd på min faders gård) 
 Lyrics by MaJiKer 
The stormy trail draws in overhead Its shadow creeping ever nearer When endless grey fills the greenest land It's hazy warning's ever clearer Run for cover from the dark again Crackling flickers of a spark and then Hail's starting to fall, a shower of stone Will bruise the gold of day to silver Run for cover from the dark again Crackling flickers of a spark and then Hell's fury impends, no man or charm Can heal the heavens from this fever A murmur of drums is gambolling west The air is thick and suffocating For now the summer's day is all suppressed The sky is blackening, light is fading Run for cover from the dark again Crackling flickers of a spark and then Hail's starting to fall, a shower of stone Will bruise the gold of day to silver Run for cover from the dark again Crackling flickers of a spark and then Hell's fury impends, no man or charm Can heal the heavens from this fever
15.
ROCKS OF RITUAL (Näckens polska) 
 Lyrics by MaJiKer 

 In the forest, where the shadows steal the light of day Feel your flesh decay In the darkness, rotten roots are chains to pull you down In the filthy ground See the circle form a cage to keep you in Rocks of ritual let the ceremony begin Twisting down, branches made of bones And yours the name they're carving on the stones It's yours the name they're carving on the stones 
In the moonlight falling pins and needles made of pine Nestle in your spine In the twilight bark is bleeding on the pagan pyre Sparking up the fire Sacred spirits spiral deep into the soil Mourn your memories from beyond this mortal coil Twisting down, branches made of bones And yours the name they're carving on the stones It's yours the name they're carving on the stones
16.
TIDE (Den dag kjem aldri) 
 Lyrics by MaJiKer 

 The darkest hour by the rocks that glimmer Forgotten stars in the ocean shimmer The night is dead, who alone lies there? A ghost who floats in the moonlit air A ghost who floats in the moonlit air No light to cling to, no waves can wake her She'll lay her head where the night will take her And still she mouths, "come and follow me, our skulls will glide on the salty sea our skulls will glide on the salty sea" The veil of night fell and left her under Her tears were drowned by the roar of thunder No sight of boats 'til the storm was through Her wreck ashore gleamed with morning dew Her wreck ashore gleamed with morning dew


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released November 3, 2014

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The NORTH Project London, UK

Traditional melodies from Sweden, Norway and Iceland reworked and reinterpreted to evoke the beauty of nature.

With new lyrics in English about nature, written by the project’s creator MaJiKer, each track features a different vocalist or group with layers of choral harmony, vocal samples & human beatbox.
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