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Give it a Witness

from Grief Cycles EP by With Child

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I woke up reeling washed on the bank of a river
on an evening lost in the weight of itself
limp like a seedling deep in the muck
how i shiver,
how I arrived on this busted plane
o, the flow of my own self has gone astray
give it a witness

Hemming and clawing I holler out
"How'd I get here,
So far from home
and all the one's that I love?"
A storm cloud approaching bloated
yet weighless delivers
a sheet of rain,
an awful refrain:
"You are fucked, you will fall down, get washed away
without a witness"

Soon I am seeing leaves on the rippling river
and high aloft an old tree molting itself
It bows to me and says "You're the spawn of my roots, dear.
Thankful you grew, now I need you to know
you will grow, you will blossom in every way,
give it a witness

Soon my cradle is the bed of the river
The storm cloud claps and strikes the old tree down
in the shadow of it's fall
how i shiver

a seedling becoming human again
the maw of the cold winds won't blow me away
give it a witness

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from Grief Cycles EP, released June 30, 2018
Written & performed by E. Jensen-Lindsey

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With Child Nampa, Idaho

Music project of Elijah Jensen-Lindsey, an artist and carpenter residing in a small town in Idaho.

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