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Debt to Asclepius

from Jump in Mud by Sarah Gromko

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lyrics

Before and hereafter, these things that we hold
Will be stained glass and mounted and forever told.
Over and under, and through and through,
All that we witness entwines us to you.

We’ll deny our destiny with sentiments and ow’rs,
Pretending our mourning combats evil powers.
And so we cling to the things we contol:
Abstract expression of the collective soul.

CHILD: Et les bougies aussie?

ADULTS: Oui! C’est pour ne pas
Oublier les gens qui sont partir.

CHILD: C’est pour nous protéger.

PEOPLE: Les eurs et les bougies c’est pour nous protéger,
Les eurs et les bougies.
[REPEAT...]

I dreamt it before, and I see it again:
The misery drawn out by frightened old men.
Over and over our history plays,
The unlearned lessons from emotional haze.

Hate tramples out well thought response.
Patriots outshout the heathens of nuance.
Simplicity rules in a world full of rage:
Ignoble fools ignoring the sage.

SOCRATES: Crito, ut aesculapio gallum debemus.
Queso, nolite oblivisci redderet debitum.
[REPEAT...]

PEOPLE: Les fleurs et les bougies c’est pour nous protéger,
Les fleurs et les bougies.
[REPEAT...]

I envy you now, as I live from afar.
How much you’ve abandoned while we live in war.
Heavenly harm’ny and endless bliss;
A world we may theorize but invariably miss.

We oft think in sorrow your mysterious lot.
We ought long to borrow your peace we have not.
Help us to know that our sadness is gone,
And we will still meet you at our moonlit dawn.

credits

from Jump in Mud, track released October 18, 2017
℗2017, ©2010 and 2016 GromKo. Music (ASCAP)

Lead and Background Vocals – Sarah Gromko
Child Vocals – Ruby Amanfu
Socrates Vocals – Eric Anderson and Steven Primeaux
Accordian – Matthew Schreiber

Written, arranged, and sung by Sarah Gromko
Produced by Marc Lacuesta and Sarah Gromko
Recorded by Marc Lacuesta at Fatherland Studios (Nashville, TN)
Chant recorded by Adam Hains on The Island of Misfit Toys (New Orleans, LA)
Accordian engineered by Jack Miele at Music Shed Studios (New Orleans, LA)
Mixed by Will Kennedy at Studio P (Pacoima, CA)
Edited and Mastered by Marc Lacuesta
Assistant Engineered by Anna Linnéa Edström, Jonas Rudolf, Chris O’Brien, and Jeff Herring

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