LOVE LOOKS
Enter into the enchanting midsummer night forest with Raven & the Dove as they create a dreamscape of love, illusion and lies.
“Love looks not with the eyes, but with the mind; And therefore is wing’d Cupid painted blind.” ~ Shakespeare
‘Love Looks’ is a Shakespearean dream-pop bossa nova originally written for Raven & the Dove’s 2023 East Gippsland Winter Festival show ‘Cave Songs’—performed inside the Buchan Caves named after A Midsummer Night’s Dream. Dave and Cindy have bought their song to life in this recording, conjuring spirited visions of the magic and mayhem of love and nature.
CREDITS: Written and performed by Raven & the Dove
With: Bass: Mike Park / Drums: Dominic Britten / Recorded & Mixed by Stu Box at Snowy River Recording Studio / Mastered by Andy Stewart at The Mill / Oil Painting: David Swift / Digital Design: Cindy Lee
LOVE LOOKS LYRICS
Love looks not with the eyes
Love looks not with the eyes
But with the mind
Winged Cupid painted blind
Love looks not with the eyes
Falling under
Sweet Midsummer lies
Weeping tree, wilted crown, knowing skies
The nymph, the cave, the snake
Into the dream I wake
A watcher or a player in disguise?
Love looks not with the eyes
Am I playing
Or am I being played?
Tricked into slumber
Or wide awake in another’s game?
To be the one
To see the love
To see the one
To shoot the arrow
Be the love
Free the mind
Be the one
Love looks not with the eyes
Love looks not with the eyes
But with the mind
Winged Cupid painted blind
Love looks not with the eyes
With the mind (we have slumbered here)
We collide (visions did appear)
Dream in time
One desire
With the mind
