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It Wants to Keep On Going

from Human and Tender by Aimée Ringle

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I must admit that I have never really tried it for myself
But every time I see it done, I cannot look away.
To let a mass of tufty fiber spin itself into a chord
Takes quiet in the hands and mind and heart and corners of the day.

I hear that linen can be really tough to spin
I hear that wool can work like magic
Just as long as those who grew it
Are still living when they're shorn.
That from the time that they are born
It grows to knowingly protect them
And that Knowing goes when and where they do.

(Chorus)
Cuz the World is opening and closing
She's a spider spinning webs
To catch the consciousness
That's flying out in all directions
And all the ways the is quietly becoming
That's the gift that keeps beginning
And it wants to keep on going.

The ways of spinning and of weaving
Are passed down through our relating
And the care it takes to make the things that clothe us
Holds a magic that protects us
Like the wool grows on the sheep
There is a love within the fibers
And our presence in the spinning keeps it strong.

Perhaps the same is true of speaking
How this carnival of sounds
This drunk debauchery of language
Can unite us 'neath the bone.
And all the myriad of words
Whispered or shouted to the World
Are only ways that we remember
That we'll never be alone.

(Chorus)

So now I'm winding up a spool of all the best that I can do
And I am taking it into the woods to leave beneath a tree.
Until this living life is done and all Beginnings have Begun
I get to offer thanks for all the beauty Life has spun for me.

(Chorus)

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from Human and Tender, released June 1, 2019
Vocals and Banjo by Aimée Ringle

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Aimée Ringle Port Townsend, Washington

Aimée Ringle is a multi-instrumentalist musician, song leader, storyteller and teacher.

“Aimee brings wisdom, depth, hilarity, and irresistible invitation to everything she does. Her songs are little gems that glow with virtuosity and insight. Her voice is honey and cayenne. And her song leading opens the way for any group to leap into ecstatic song. She is a treasure.”
-Barbara McAfee ... more

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