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what they took

by sansfife

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1.
silenced 03:26
if somehow we've been silenced told to mend along worn out by the noise they make with money how they dazzle with their song and if they have a purpose, Lord I'll share it with you now a quiet room is sparkling clear their message well received and you're cut off Lord in this silence don't hear no noise of good nor evil Lord God can't take it rising fever's gonna' break me but if we came together, love to sound out our souls the danger in our numbers, boy like fire born of grey and dusty coals 'til then we dig to bury everything we love in pursuit of dreams they made up mother, father, wake me- I need God if we sing softly Lord we'll cry so loud we've been silenced [gotta' gun, bam bam]
2.
tea 03:34
now whether your bars are made of iron or your bars are made of gold you're still locked up in this prison, boy a young man now grown old made tired by the wanting of what could not be had and the selling off of everything that would've made you glad so glad and the poor among us thriving made holy by their cries and there's freedom in their nothing there's light within their eyes where only darkness remains in the hearts of those who strive with might and main to stake their claim in this fool's paradise if somebody body weren't somebody body that you knew at all would you build him up? would you tear him down? catch him when he falls? or would you light the stove set the pot please make sure that water's hot for tea because your secret your secret your secret's safe with me with every buck you lay the mortar and every coin you lay the brick and so you build an ivory tower to contain a heart that's sick with fear that maybe someday it'll all come crumbling down and they'll find you were a hypocrite when they come gathering round [now you’re sippin'- take it easy- 'atta boy now- o you let it all out]
3.
time 02:33
incidental fixes have fouled up our wishes O we gave up working hard for easy and delicious a whole lot of energy gone away we wait and see we're looking for a reason to stay upright and on our feet God provides the pages the ink and blood of ages on a disappointing chapter we go and ask the sages they say O Lord you gonna' make up time make up time as if you gonna' die give up it's everything we've got and no more it's all that we can give and we'll die it was not enough we'll cry for time time

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released October 19, 2014

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sansfife Long Beach, California

Drum and voice represent the traditional gathering sounds, the bounce and cry heard throughout every age and every place. In acknowledging the primal resonance of drum and voice, we reclaim song. We reinvest humanity with the capacity to celebrate and lament in community.

And if, as sansfife, we create, it is only by way of suggestion or inspiration. And it is also because we cannot do otherwise.
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