an endless sprawl with a meagre depth

by NICE BOI

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here's a song about waking up to colonialism as a settler in your 20s.

Please don't pay me money for this little song.
Instead, if you are able, donate to one of these great orgs:
~ raventrust.com
~ fncaringsociety.com
~ bentarrow.ca
~ ihuman.org
~ africacentre.ca

lyrics

She always liked me and my town
and we liked having her around
but when it came time for her to go I wondered
"where's her home?"

This town is conspicuously bare
What was here before? No one really cares.
I wouldn't either but for her.

I was there in the snow
when on neighbours we tread
as we would go where the spirit led
I heard Nations below the plains that we pressed
into an endless sprawl with a meagre depth

I was there
But I did not know it then. I did not notice then.

I always liked this hard-nosed crowd
I was its foil but not out loud
We could be happy lift our chins up let's be proud

I was there in the snow
when on neighbours we tread
as we would go where the spirit led
I heard Nations below the plains that we pressed
into an endless sprawl with a meagre depth

I was there
But I did not know it then. I did not notice then.

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released August 10, 2020
Song by NICE BOI

Sascha Liebrand: bass, guitar, synth, BGVs, percussion, additional arrangements, recording, mixing, and mastering (saschaliebrand.bandcamp.com)

Lindon Carter: piano
(carterandthecapitals.bandcamp.com)

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