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Swallowed by the Woods - Raya Schaduwjaagster & Grey Malkin

from Lost In Catland - A Cat Compendium by Various

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Lyrics, melody & vocals: Raya Schaduwjaagster.
Music: Grey Malkin

This is a true story about the day we lost our cat Elvira in the woods.

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SWALLOWED BY THE WOODS

I never should have let her climb
all the way up there
I tried to follow but I fell
and this gave her a scare
I tried to hold her close to me
she didn’t understand
she panicked and she wriggled
and she fiercely scratched my hand
My girl was swallowed by the woods
I don’t know where she hides
My mother heart it cannot bear
this emptiness inside
The thought of never seeing her
again tears me apart
Dear Forest God, I sense you’re there
please bring me back my heart
On this broken bench I sat
between hope and despair
and I kept calling out her name
Elfie, are you there?
The darkness came, the burling stag
the growling feral swine
Under the stars I waited for
this sweet girl of mine
My girl was swallowed by the woods
I don’t know where she hides
My mother heart it cannot bear
this emptiness inside
The thought of never seeing her
again tears me apart
Dear Forest God, I sense you’re there
please bring me back my heart
Didn’t care about my bleeding hand
I didn’t feel my fear
and all my worries from before
now seem so shallow here
In the leaves I saw her face
was I imagining?
Where are you naughty forest nymph?
the trees were whispering
My girl was swallowed by the woods
I don’t know where she hides
My mother heart it cannot bear
this emptiness inside
The thought of never seeing her
again tears me apart
Dear Forest God, I sense you’re there
please bring me back my heart
By the river on a broken bench
I waited endlessly
but when I sang my nursery rhymes
she sang back to me
We kept singing back and forth
the hours seemed like days
until my girl felt brave enough
to leave her hiding place
My girl was swallowed by the woods
but she was not so wild
The Forest led her to the path
and gave me back my child
Oh Forest God, oh Holy Trees
oh Starlight bright above
accept my gracious gratitude
my everlasting love
My girl was swallowed by the woods
but she was not so wild
The Forest led her to the path
and gave me back my child
Oh Forest God, oh Holy Trees
oh Starlight bright above
accept my gracious gratitude
my everlasting love

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from Lost In Catland - A Cat Compendium, released July 16, 2021

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