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from Belong by Adhamh Roland

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I don’t wanna write a new song
I wanna learn the old songs
From a time that seems long gone
From a land that seems long gone

I don’t wanna write a new story
I wanna learn the old stories
So I got something to share
When I’ve got kin upon my knee

I don’t wanna write a new one

You did what you had to do
The horrors that you got through
Sacrificed the old songs
Sacrificed the stories too

Sacrificed the language
Sacrifices the old ways
Taken from the lands of your births
And of our ancestors graves

I don’t wanna write a new song

It was a cheap bribe
I call them sacrifices
You spared our lives
But not without the price of whiteness

I don’t wanna write a new song

But how do we explain this
To ourselves and to our young
And how do we change this
Without some ancient wisdom

And how do we scratch the surface of the debt
To which we owe you
And the countless beings who’s suffering
We tacitly approve(d)

I gotta write a new song

I gotta write a new song
To heal this amnesia
You’re asking me to sing for you
You’re asking me to grieve ya

Here I am writing a new song
Far from being an old bard
I’m weaving old and new prayers
Casting them to unknown bone yards

Here we are writing a new story
I still wanna learn the old stories
So I got something to share
When I’ve got kin upon my knee

I gotta write a new song
I still wanna learn the old songs
From a you that seems long gone
From a time that seems long gone

I’ve gotta learn the old songs

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from Belong, released August 5, 2023

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Adhamh Roland Berkeley, California

“Frighteningly clever and disarmingly heartfelt folksongs” -Examiner.com

Adhamh Roland is a genderqueer visionary activist who sings about resilience, human experience, evolution, interconnectedness and freedom from cycles of violence and oppression. ... more

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