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April 21, 2015 · Empowerment Songs, Life In Song 2000's, Love Songs, present moment awareness, Songs of Transformation, Spiritual Songs

378 She Prefers the Company of Wolves and Crows

She Prefers the Company of Wolves and Crows, A Song By Mark Shepard

About This Song – Commentary is below…

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She Prefers the Company of Wolves and Crows

(She Does Not Need You)

Song #378  |   January 2008  | CD: Ocean of Dreams

She prefers the company of wolves and crows
She knows the world nose to nose
She is feral, fierce and unafraid of lightening
She wears a different disguise at every sighting
She can taste you at some distance on the breeze
And with one look release you from your dis-ease
She will shout at you to get you to breathe
For your own sake learn to breathe!

She does not need you x3

She can paint you into or out of your existence
What you call intelligence is merely resistance
She demands that you abandon your defenses
See the world through a brand new pair of lenses
She is warrior, healer, mystic, daughter, mother, lover, sister
She is the magical entrance to this world where we are visitors
She’ll break your heart open and you will howl with joy and wonder
She will then offer your spirit up to the thunder…

She does not need you x3

She would prefer it if you turned off all the lights
Make friends with your shadow in the gathering of twilight
Remove your shoes for the ground you walk on is holy
The ground is as Holy as it is muddy
She is not interested in your opinion
She will never submit to your dominion
But she does invite you to dance until you drop
The old routines that caused you to stop…

She does not need you x3:

We are running out of time
Move your body, change your mind
Plug yourself into the divine
And maybe she will give you a sign
Surrender to the force of her persuasion
Her wildness has a certain contagion
She dares you to cross the vital threshold
Do it now before you are too old

She does not need you x3

© Mark Shepard 2008-2015, all rights reserved

She Prefers the Company of Wolves and Crows, A Song By Mark Shepard

Learn More About Clarissa Pinkola-Estes

Explore Your Wild Side

Women Who Run With The Wolves

Commentary:
December of 2007 I was hanging out with a wild woman archetype in the flesh, Lesley Roy. Artist, entrepreneur, designer, former model…founder of the Corvus Art Center in New Haven, CT. Champion of the art of Dr. Ala Bashir…

To make a long story short, Lesley Roy was working on a series of paintings inspired by Women Who Run With the Wolves. It just happens to be one of my favorite books and sources as a storyteller. The Silkie story, I turned into a song. Skeleton Woman I adapted from several other versions.

So Leslie Roy challenged me to write a series of songs to go with her paintings.

This is one of them.

Filed Under: Empowerment Songs, Life In Song 2000's, Love Songs, present moment awareness, Songs of Transformation, Spiritual Songs

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Never fails to move me…

Your incredible music never fails to move me. Thank you, Mark.

Paula

Enjoying your songs so much…

Hello Mark. I am enjoying your songs so much! I’d love to see you play live somewhere.

Marianne

Been singing the chorus since the first day I heard it…

I sh*t you not when I say I’ve been singing the chorus to Honest Rock since the first day I heard it. I sing this every single day. Many times a day. Seriously. It’s like a mantra to me. It soothes me:-)

Gene Moore

You write some great songs!

Hi Mark, You write some great songs! I really enjoyed listening to all of them on Spark and Flame. Thank you for all that you do. Keep up the good work! All the best.

Susan

You have put a grown man in tears…

Mark, this song and message really hit home for me today. You have put a grown man in tears. Thank You for what you do. Sometimes I think you sound kind of cheesy, and then others, I think you are a genius, and I’m beginning to realize that you actually care about helping people. So hard to “get out of your own way” sometimes…thanks for the reminder.

Jeremy

Love your lyrics!

Love your music! Love your lyrics!

Robin Bridgeford

Love the “Key To Your Cage” album…

Love the “Key To Your Cage” album. I hear so many different influences and styles woven throughout the songs, really keeps it interesting from start to finish!

Dan Z

I loved the song and listened to it 3 times….

Hi Mark, I just had to tell you this. I emailed my 3 granddaughters the song you wrote who are sisters with the youngest being 11 years old, has cerebral palsy and is very smart, is able to talk, very funny, uses a computer, is able to write, now is learning to play drums, emails me ‘Thanks. I do.’ I loved the song and listened to it 3 times.

Gail Russ

Just awesome…

Your music is taking over my life and it’s awesome!

Eric

They love (your song) and ask to listen to it, ALWAYS.

My name is Cecile. I teach kindergarten at OMSD. I had the pleasure of using your song Together We Can Change The World to help my students make a difference in this wonderful world! They love it and ask to listen to it, ALWAYS.

Cecile Arvizo

Total awesomeness!!!

‘Let’s Run’ is MY FAVORITE so far.. I LOVE THIS ONE.. great job.. total awesomeness!!! I thank Jana Stanfield for introducing me to your gifts. I am grateful.

Merril

I Love listening to all your songs…

Mark, you really are an amazing songwriter! I Love listening to all your songs and sitting in the creative aura they create!

Cheri

Your lyrics embody everything we hold sacred…

Your lyrics embody everything we hold sacred and dear as a faith community.

Gina Sullivan, Sisters of the Congregation of St. Joseph

For me these songs are transformational lessons in self-love…

Dear Mark, THANK YOU for sending *Spark & Flame*!!!! This CD certainly is a compilation of Conscious Love Songs! As I listen I am transported to memory after memory past, present and future, fulfilled and unfulfilled. I was flooded with many different emotions. I cried, laughed, held my breath and also breathed deep heart-centered breaths of connection to the Divine. I feel joy, grief, sadness, compassion, love, awe, freedom, kindness, gratitude and appreciation. For me these songs are transformational lessons in self-love, releasing, acceptance for what was, what is and who I am. Knowing that I am enough and that I am Divinely Loved.

J

Brilliant!

Brilliant! I LOVE seeing the words to all these beloved songs, thanks!

Mary F.

Your song was just perfect to start my day…

Mark, your song ‘Freedom (It’s Been  Long Road)’ was just perfect to start my day. I LOVE IT!  Thank you, Thank you.  Blessings to you and much gratitude for your musical gift.

Judy

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