Alela Diane Menig (born April 20, 1983, Nevada City, California, USA) is an American singer and songwriter. She grew up singing with her musician parents and performing in the school choir. She taught herself guitar, and began writing songs which blend tense, trance-like arpeggios with warm vocals and meditative lyrics about family and nature. Her first recordings were self-released in 2003 as Forest Parade. Her first solo public appearances were at the invitation of fellow Nevada City native Joanna Newsom.
Four years of hard work!This month of May we celebrated four years on the air. We continue working on the dissemination of this wonderful instrument, thank you for participating in our story!
DmAmG The tops of crags and cliffs the air is thin DmAmG So we'll find a mountain path on down the hill DmAmG Meet me where the snow mount flows DmAmG It is there my dear where we will begin again DmAmGDmAmG Skipping stones braiding hair DmAmGDmAmG Last year's antlers mark the trail
DmAm Take us back oh take us back GDmAmG Oh take us take us back x2
DmGAm x4 Oooooh...
I've a friend who lives out by the rivers mouth He knows the fiddles cry is an old sound A lonesome creeks and moans of empty houses Are songs of like fallen rain Windblown buildings muddy ground The strength of water can sink a man
Take us back oh take us back Oh take us take us back x
Oooooh x
When the higher hills have turned blue And the waves are lapping where the children grew All that we have know will be an echo Of days when love was true Muted voices just beyond The silent surface of what has gone