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Natalie Merchant's “The Feast of Saint Valentine“ from her album 'Keep Your Courage,' out now on Nonesuch Records: THE FEAST OF SAINT VALENTINE (words & music by Natalie Merchant) In the deep and darkest night of your soul, when you curse and rue the day that you did dare to give your heart away, take courage in the thought that you belong. Good comrade, you’re not alone. We’re here to give you shelter from the storm. In the blindness and confusion of the fight, when the blood is soaking through, we’ll come to you; we’ll come to bind the wound. March on, march on you soldiers of the heart, you ragged, weary crowd. You retreat in your defeat but you move on. Such a vast uncharted wilderness to see strange lands, strange beasts but I’ll go where you lead. And on the feast day of Saint Valentine, in the bleak mid-winter cold, come lay your blood red roses i
