Edge Between : song from Holly Tannen's Practical Alchemy

THE EDGE BETWEEN
by Holly Tannen

Between the worlds of day and night
The living and the dead
Between the darkness and the light
Our ancient teachers tread.
      Passing their vision on to one
      Feral and unforeseen
      Who reaches out and teaches me
      To tread the edge between

Between the worlds of day and night
Unsleeping and alone
I crave the joys of human life
That I have never known
      A loving man, a laughing child
      In waking dreams I've seen
      But I am here and I run wild
      And tread the edge between

Between the worlds of then and now
The chosen and the choice
Between the virgin and the vow
The vision and the voice
      I see myself in second sight
      His daughter and his queen
      As I surrender to the light
      And tread the edge between

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Holly Tannen teaches folklore and anthropology, and has lectured on contemporary magic at U.C. Berkeley and at Yale University. Her recordings include "Invocation", "Between the Worlds", and "Rime of the Ancient Matriarch"

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