This track was composed while Marguerite underwent Radiation Therapy at Blue Gum Lodge in Sydney 2004. A song dedicated to her mother.
lyrics
God Of Stone.
Your faith was undeniable,
on bended knees
you'd pray for me,
Your God of Stone
cold and remote
did he listen to your prayers.
Your life like a sinking ship
The martyr goes down on her own
the waters so dark and so deep
I had to let you go
You just wanted to be free
back in those days I clouldn't see
It took me half of my life
to understand you
Like a bird in need of flight
You just wanted to be free
It took me half of my life
to understand.
As a child I learned a dance
of stepping lightly round the cracks
of reading feelings in each room
and sometimes hiding in the dark.
protecting me from yourself
praying to your God of Stone
did he listen did he care?
I didn't want to know.
You just wanted to be free
back in those days I clouldn't see
It took me half of my life
to understand you
Like a bird in need of flight
You just wanted to be free
It took me half of my life
to understand.
I have been burned by the sun
I have drowned in all the seas
I have cried a lot of tears
but it took me half of my life
to understand you
With the passage
of so much time
I take my place in this world
With love for you
in my heart
you can reclaim
your innocence.
You just wanted to be free
back in those days I clouldn't see
It took me half of my life
to understand you
Like a bird in need of flight
You just wanted to be free
It took me half of my life
to understand.
I have been burned by the sun
I have drowned in all the seas
I have cried a lot of tears
but it took me half of my life
to understand you.
God Of Stone.
Your faith was undeniable,
on bended knees
you'd pray for me,
Your God of Stone
cold and remote
did he listen to your prayers.
Your life like a sinking ship
The martyr goes down on her own
the waters so dark and so deep
I had to let you go
You just wanted to be free
back in those days I clouldn't see
It took me half of my life
to understand you
Like a bird in need of flight
You just wanted to be free
It took me half of my life
to understand.
As a child I learned a dance
of stepping lightly round the cracks
of reading feelings in each room
and sometimes hiding in the dark.
protecting me from yourself
praying to your God of Stone
did he listen did he care?
I didn't want to know.
You just wanted to be free
back in those days I clouldn't see
It took me half of my life
to understand you
Like a bird in need of flight
You just wanted to be free
It took me half of my life
to understand.
I have been burned by the sun
I have drowned in all the seas
I have cried a lot of tears
but it took me half of my life
to understand you
With the passage
of so much time
I take my place in this world
With love for you
in my heart
you can reclaim
your innocence.
You just wanted to be free
back in those days I clouldn't see
It took me half of my life
to understand you
Like a bird in need of flight
You just wanted to be free
It took me half of my life
to understand.
I have been burned by the sun
I have drowned in all the seas
I have cried a lot of tears
but it took me half of my life
to understand you.
credits
from B.G. Sessions,
released November 19, 2019
Marguerite Montes : Lyrics, Music, Vocals Piano & production
Engineer : Danielle Wiessner
Guitar virtuosos' previously unavailable 2001 debut album gets a release alongside their first official release from a year later. Bandcamp New & Notable Dec 16, 2015