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Can't. Again.

from Alterity by Fiddlehead Soup

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A song attempting, in some small degree, to realize the struggle of families made into refugees and acknowledging that the struggle doesn't end with simply finding sanctuary.

lyrics

Can't. Again.

Change
Lives forever altered by decree
Circumstances alien to me
Removing any chance of living free
Results of intervention gone awry
Or mindless faith and all that would imply
Financial games that always underlie
Can't
Again x 2
I can't
friend

Miles
Consigning all our memories to dust
Only moving on because we must
No matter that the reason is unjust
Nothing left except to walk and pray
An injured son too weak to greet the day
Burying our hopes among the clay
Can't...

Scars
Invisible to eyes that judge the skin
Treating my realities as sin
Ignorant of deep desire within
Welcoming. With fist behind the back
The basic understanding that they lack
The best defense, they think, is to attack
Can't...

Rules
Cannot hang my shingle on the wall
Or practice my profession here at all
The colour bar alive in Montreal.
A doctor spends his life among the ill
A checkout clerk remains behind the till
I do the things I must to pay the bill.

credits

from Alterity, released July 25, 2017
Ursa Meyer - keyobard, violin, viola & vocals
Doug Hendry - 12 string guitar & vocals
Glenna Hunter - 'cello
Ja Sonier - all sorts of bangy things

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Fiddlehead Soup Oxford Mills, Ontario

"World folk and fiddle music group Fiddlehead Soup is an energetic trio of musicians as engaging as they are talented... Singing songs from the traditions of multiple countries and in multiple languages as well as their own artfully constructed material, Fiddlehead Soup does an incredible job of making the difficult look not only effortless, but fun!"
-Bruce Enlo
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