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Being Human

👤 Jen Cloher 🎼 I Am The River, The River Is Me ⏱️ 3:25
🎵 1623 characters
⏱️ 3:25 duration
🆔 ID: 5275384

📜 Lyrics

Hey, my words
What I say
Heavy as clay
Hey, my hands
What I make falls through like sand

How to stay open
When everything is closing
Hearts and minds
How to keep speaking
When everyone wants to move on

Come on, come on, come on, come on, oh
Come on, come on, come on, we all know
Sovereignty never ceded so
Land back or we gotta go

Don't turn away from the flames
Don't turn away from the pain
Being human is learning how
To let go of what you think you know
Staying human is listening, listening, listening

Come on, come on, comе on, come on, oh
Come on, come on, comе on, we all know
Sovereignty never ceded so
Land back, or we gotta go

I was born on Wurundjeri land
Everything I know
Everything I have
Is because of what they lost
Our "common wealth" came at their cost

I was taught on Kaurna land
But I never heard of them
At my school we only learned
How to bury what we burned

I got paid on Gadigal land
Everything I made
Everything I am
All my opportunity
A genocidal legacy

I am Māori, Pākehā
In so called Australia
As an uninvited guest
On stolen land I can't possess

I stand in solidarity
My Tūpuna they stand with me
As Tāngata Whenua
Tino rangatiratanga

Don't turn away from the flames
Don't turn away from the shame
Being human is learning how
To let go of what you think you know
Staying human is listening, listening, listening

Come on, come on, come on, come on, oh
Come on, come on, come on, we all know
Sovereignty never ceded so
Land back, or we gotta go

Come on, come on, come on, come on, oh
Come on, come on, come on, we all know
Sovereignty never ceded so
Land back, or we gotta go

⏱️ Synced Lyrics

[00:08.15] Hey, my words
[00:11.07] What I say
[00:12.58] Heavy as clay
[00:13.84] Hey, my hands
[00:17.08] What I make falls through like sand
[00:20.08] How to stay open
[00:21.38] When everything is closing
[00:24.54] Hearts and minds
[00:25.93] How to keep speaking
[00:27.49] When everyone wants to move on
[00:32.06] Come on, come on, come on, come on, oh
[00:35.03] Come on, come on, come on, we all know
[00:38.07] Sovereignty never ceded so
[00:41.02] Land back or we gotta go
[00:43.46] Don't turn away from the flames
[00:49.50] Don't turn away from the pain
[00:56.07] Being human is learning how
[00:59.04] To let go of what you think you know
[01:01.96] Staying human is listening, listening, listening
[01:08.07] Come on, come on, comе on, come on, oh
[01:11.12] Come on, come on, comе on, we all know
[01:14.09] Sovereignty never ceded so
[01:17.14] Land back, or we gotta go
[01:19.97]
[01:23.06]
[01:32.02] I was born on Wurundjeri land
[01:35.08] Everything I know
[01:36.23] Everything I have
[01:38.03] Is because of what they lost
[01:40.95] Our "common wealth" came at their cost
[01:44.03] I was taught on Kaurna land
[01:47.09] But I never heard of them
[01:50.10] At my school we only learned
[01:53.10] How to bury what we burned
[01:56.16] I got paid on Gadigal land
[01:59.06] Everything I made
[02:00.23] Everything I am
[02:02.05] All my opportunity
[02:04.94] A genocidal legacy
[02:08.02] I am Māori, Pākehā
[02:11.17] In so called Australia
[02:14.09] As an uninvited guest
[02:16.90] On stolen land I can't possess
[02:19.84] I stand in solidarity
[02:22.90] My Tūpuna they stand with me
[02:25.97] As Tāngata Whenua
[02:29.07] Tino rangatiratanga
[02:32.07] Don't turn away from the flames
[02:37.78] Don't turn away from the shame
[02:44.44] Being human is learning how
[02:47.41] To let go of what you think you know
[02:50.43] Staying human is listening, listening, listening
[02:56.40] Come on, come on, come on, come on, oh
[02:59.42] Come on, come on, come on, we all know
[03:02.43] Sovereignty never ceded so
[03:05.45] Land back, or we gotta go
[03:08.45] Come on, come on, come on, come on, oh
[03:11.42] Come on, come on, come on, we all know
[03:14.37] Sovereignty never ceded so
[03:17.48] Land back, or we gotta go
[03:19.64]

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