Settler words&music in S'ólh Téméxw, (leanpub.com/upsun) living where privilege meets precarity in MST country. she/her/they———– Novels: Midnite Moving Co., Upsun; Sweep Off Those Waves coming soon, Hair Sinister after that. —Restore All Indigenous Lands!
Allison Durno made this LOVE THE COLOURS – orange, dark purple, pink….
Thinking of my friend Dave D as I post this.
took the day off yesterday from writing. I’ve written maybe a hundred words this morning and I’m trying to find the narrative ladder to make it happen and I think I have.
What does home mean to you? What does your ideal home look like, sound like, smell like, feel like? What art is on the walls? what does your bed look like? How many people live with you? Are you in the city?
Have you ever been homeless? How did you overcome it?
It’s true that I posted a different version of this song already but a) this is the best song I’ve written in years b) this is the WHOLE thing AS IT IS MEANT TO BE PLAYED. It isn’t perfect but it’s the whole thing.
Anthony raved about the harmonics. He has miked an awful lot of live guitar in his life but he’s never heard someone get sounds like this out of an acoustic guitar, with no effects or processing. I have the ability to really startle the professionals with my capers and antics … musically.
This song is also called between skin and flesh
Did you go straight to a shrine
When you got off the boat
And did you say my name
Did you pray for something special
Maybe self-restraint
God’s own grace to hide your shame
Chorus
I am not the kind of person
that these things happen to
and these things happen
because of you
You wrote down my name on parchment
Then set it ablaze
I know when you did it and it
Stayed in me for days
I am not the kind of person
that these things happen to
and these things happen
because of you
To the world that may be watching
It appears that we’re at war
But it is a game we’re playing
Though our son might ask what for
I am not the kind of person
that these things happen to
and these things happen
because of you
Did you go straight to a shrine
When you got off the boat
and did you say
my name
sharp eyed and long term readers of this blog will note that I have updated the lyrics since the last time I posted this.