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The Bookshop Band

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  1. Sanctuary

From the recording EMERGE, RETURN

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Sanctuary
by The Bookshop Band

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Inspired by Philip Pullman’s The Book of Dust: La Belle Sauvage.
Ben Please - ukulele, vocals. Beth Porter - cello, vocals. Pete Townshend: percussion, Yamaha GX1, bass, hammond.

Lyrics

Close the shutters and lock out the world
For safety, for sanctuary.
Is it safe to believe what you’re told
by friends or their enemies?

The walls are high and we are guarded here
By all that we ought to know.
But water rises up and dust gets in,
We’re covered from head to toe.

And brought to a shore
That wasn’t there before.

The weather changes and the walls are pulled
Way down, we weigh down
All our hopes upon La Belle Sauvage
To safety, to sanctuary.

Booking: bookshopbandmusic@gmail.com
Press: matthew@scottishfestivalspr.org
Distribution: distro@state51.com
 Band: bookshopbanddmusic@gmail.com

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