Apple Blossom-Esperanza Spalding

[ti:Apple Blossom] [ar:Esperanza Spalding] [al:Chamber Music Society] [by:] [offset:0] [00:00.00]Apple Blossom (苹果花) - Esperanza Spalding [00:19.53]Mother of the Spring [00:21.59] [00:22.40]Her branches cradle slipping [00:24.46]Buds yawning open [00:27.17] [00:28.72]Welcome by an aging man [00:32.29] [00:35.01]He greets them fondly [00:39.99] [00:43.73]With memories of when [00:45.36] [00:46.56]Her bows were arms that [00:48.73]Held him as a younger man [00:51.83] [00:52.84]Together they would marvel at [00:57.09] [00:58.75]The birth of Springtime [01:03.00] [01:07.81]Now he stands beneath [01:10.40]The apple blossoms [01:12.80] [01:13.34]Every year where they [01:15.90]Used to go walking [01:17.97] [01:21.28]And he tells Her about [01:23.83]The summer and the autumn [01:26.15]The winter in his heart [01:28.52]And their Apple blossoms [01:31.08] [01:39.37]In summer they would dream [01:41.81] [01:42.33]Of being three and smile [01:44.67] [01:45.82]Imagining how round [01:47.12] [01:47.99]As the apples on the ground [01:50.75] [01:52.41]That fall [01:53.83] [01:54.70]They loved and waited [01:59.08] [02:03.87]But winter came too soon [02:06.02] [02:07.08]Before their seed could bloom [02:09.31] [02:10.49]She wilted from the chill [02:12.97] [02:14.05]And all felt cold and still [02:17.81] [02:29.35]Now he stands beneath [02:32.06]The apple blossoms [02:33.72]Every year where they [02:37.04]Use to go walking [02:38.90] [02:42.76]And he tells Her about [02:45.30]The summer and the autumn [02:47.22] [02:47.77]The winter in his heart [02:49.26] [02:49.86]And their Apple blossoms [02:52.87] [03:00.44]As he opened the [03:01.72]Earth to receive her [03:04.04] [03:04.95]He prayed heaven would [03:06.69]Be waiting to meet her [03:09.19] [03:09.86]He kisses her cold cheek goodbye [03:14.06] [03:14.76]But he couldn't surrender [03:16.60]The hope they had sired [03:18.76] [03:19.72]So in her fallen hands [03:22.14] [03:22.86]He placed a seed from [03:26.67]Their favorite tree [03:28.00] [03:28.98]And he laid her to rest [03:32.26]Beneath the blanket of white [03:33.90] [03:34.89]Til they'd meet again [03:37.43]In the springtime [03:39.68] [03:50.95]Now he stands beneath [03:53.63]The apple blossoms [03:55.35] [03:56.30]Every year where they [03:59.29]Used to go walking [04:01.54] [04:09.18]And from above [04:11.13]She's always watching [04:13.49] [04:15.16]But her body lies beneath [04:18.99]The apple blossoms [04:21.09] [04:25.80]Apple blossoms [04:26.90] [04:28.73]Blossom [04:30.51]Blossom [04:31.89] [04:34.40]Blossom [04:36.46] [04:44.57]Mother of the Spring [04:46.24] [04:47.56]Her branches cradle slipping buds [04:49.81] [04:50.55]Slowly (they) unopen [04:52.80] [04:54.27]'Welcome by an aging man' [04:58.26] [04:59.33]He greets them fondly [05:03.83] [05:08.75]Fondly [05:11.49] [05:17.68]Her branches cradle slipping buds