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We Rise Up

by Christiana Athena

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Inspired by the Women's March on January 21st 2017 in Los Angeles. It is now included in a protest songs compilation! twotonsanta.bandcamp.com/album/band-together-songs-of-protest
100% of proceeds go to ACLU Nationwide.

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“We Rise Up (We Won't Build A Wall)”
By Christiana Athena

Verse 1:
Grey skies in November
Filter through our minds.
Drifting through time,
Like we’ve got no lifeline.
Cold in our bones
Sends us shivering home
To nestle and burrow and atone.

Pre Chorus:
You take the hard work and you burn it down,
But we won’t let you stamp it out.
As you can see we are all around,
And we’re rising up from the ground.

Chorus:
We won’t back down
We won’t let up
by day one
We were already fed up

We won’t build a wall
We won’t build a wall
We hold each other up
So we don’t fall

Verse 2:
Like seeds in the ground that you tried to bury,
We rise up with even more fury.
We honor the heroes that came before,
And over time we thrive even more.

Pre Chorus

Chorus

Verse 3:
You fuel new generations of warriors,
Guilded further, fighting like love soldiers.
With a message of peace and love,
With our hands we lift each other up above.

Pre Chorus

Bridge:
You can hear we are rising up
You can hear we rise up

Verse 4:
We rise above the fog, the lies,
the government ties,
your bought and sold allies.
We change the world
and we find the sunshine,
Because it’s our time

Chorus:
We won’t build a wall
We won’t build a wall
We hold each other up
So we don’t fall

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released February 3, 2017
Christiana Athena: Lyrics, Lead Vocals, Piano, Cajon, Cover Art
Thomas Hanslowe: Bass, Backup vox
Nikki Oder: Backup Vox

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Christiana Athena Plainfield, Vermont

Christiana Athena is a songwriter, musician, ethnomusicologist, and music teacher from Central Vermont. She made her career while living / performing in cities for a few decades (Baltimore, Boston, Los Angeles, and Central Pennsylvania). She has a Ph.D. in music education and teaches choral music and drumming and performs with a few bands in Vermont. ... more

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