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Seth Lakeman
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The Artisan
Silent, the maker measured, and stood Smothered his smile and trimmed shapeless wood With firm, strong hands, assured and slow Drove each rusty nail with a careful kind blow
His truth to be humble, and fashion with tools Tables and benches, kind words from his youth Draw those even lines Share his peace of mind As the artisan shines
Dark burnished wood slid through his hands Split right down the centre, like a crack in the land Ash, beech and rosewood, tied in a frame All scorched into their faces, are numbers and names
Shades of a memory, saw, spit and dust For the warmth in the workhouse was pleasure enough Draw those even lines Share his peace of mind As the artisan shines
He worked through the winter Find more lyrics at ※ Mojim.com Sweat, tears in the snow He chiselled fine thoughts, secrets no one would know His level of spirit was straight down the line One line of the horizon was set in her name
Circles of beauty, like scrolls in the wood Her skin smooth and steady, in the light where she stood Draw those even lines Share his peace of mind As the artisan shines
Soaked up and sealed, varnish it stained Painted and polished, with red-headed flames A breath from the window was a blanket of warmth To season a surface, furnish a new dawn
The craftsman of comfort, he cuts and he bleeds Cold days in the forest, in the moonlight he dreams Draw those even lines Share his peace of mind As the artisan shines
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