Promises do not exist
Only words I wish
Would turn into the truth
So wishes fall 
With coins and all 
Down the deep dark well 
 Oh my soul 
What a damn, deep, hole
The good will rise 
Darling
Good will rise
The good will rise 
Sunshine
 Good will rise
Dreams are little birds that heard
They need to soar far from this dark place
Into a day where gloom turns into colours
Brighter than I can say
They're beautiful oh why
Can't I be there always
And did you hear our hearts are willows?
Yes our hearts are willows
Oh our hearts are willows
That bend with the wind
Some will break 
There will be no mending them
You and I are tiny pieces of time
'Till the day 
we start dropping like lies
The stars our lost wishes
Little birds found down in the well
And carried across the skies

Amber Edgar - Good Will Rise

I wrote and recorded this song one afternoon in my kitchen - after reading more troubling news related to #DAPL. The point of the song is to give a humble tribute to the Standing Rock Sioux Tribe and all the Water Protectors in North Dakota. Most of the lyrics relate to the disturbing footage captured by Amy Goodman — of the peaceful protestors being sprayed by mace and attacked by vicious dogs that were unleashed by private security guards. It was especially awful to see a pregnant woman and child who were bitten. Some of my Sami/Norwegian ancestors are from North Dakota, and even apart from that… I can’t help but feel connected to the conflict — as a citizen of the world. If you want to play along there are only 2 chords in the song - Am and F. (But my guitar is tuned a whole step down so I believe the key is Gm and D).

#DAPL #STARWARS

Verse 1:
Brave teenagers 
Are riding spotted ponies
Women and children are singing songs
At state police with shotguns 
Deadly weapons in their hands
Shooting pepper spray
Into beautiful faces

Chorus:
Loose the dogs
On the heroes
Biting mothers and children
Oh the blood runs red
In the soil of their ancestors

Verse 2:
Down in North Dakota
There’s a Death Star fully loaded
By an evil corporation
With a private army of 
Stormtroopers
The Empire is building 
The Dakota Access Pipeline
Where they have no moral right
They’re breaking laws by day
And by the night

Chorus:
Loose the dogs
On the heroes
Biting mothers and children
Oh the blood runs red
In the soil of their ancestors

Verse 3:
A woman in Iowa named Cyndy 
Was arrested for standing
On her own family farm
Oh she cried as Darth Vader
Blasted up the top soil
On his quest for domination
For controlling flow of oil

Chorus:
Loose the dogs
On the heroes
Biting mothers and children
Oh the blood runs red
In the soil of their ancestors

Verse 4:

The company locked up the journalists
And threw away the key
Then they go and tell all the people
To believe in an idealized view of democracy

And the people of Turtle Island
Are all glued to glowing screens
But it seems like corporate media
Is owned by Palpatine

Chorus:
Loose the dogs
On the heroes
Biting mothers and children
Oh the blood runs red
In the soil of their ancestors

Verse 5:

We love movies like Star Wars
But do we understand who the rebels are?
Ordinary people underneath the stars
Teachers and daughters
Protectors of the earth 
Protectors of the earth 
The earth and the water

Chorus:
Loose the dogs
On the heroes
Biting mothers and children
Oh the blood runs red
In the soil of their ancestors

Loose the dogs
On the heroes
Biting mothers and children
Oh the blood runs red
In the soil of their ancestors

#DAPL #STARWARS

released 11 March 2013 
Produced + Mixed by Michael Keire 
Threshold Studio Hamilton, ON, Canada 
Co-Produced by Amber Edgar 
Mastered by Brian Lucey at Magic Garden Mastering 
Music + lyrics by Amber Edgar 

Recorded at Threshold Recording Studio, by Michael Keire in Hamilton, Ontario, Canada. 

vocals / guitar - Amber Edgar 
bass / organ - Jon Daly 
drums - Billy Holmes 
bg vocals / piano / rhodes - Kori Pop 
bg vocals - Marie Avery 
guitar/piano/vocals - Greg Preston 
tambourine - Kelly Atkinson 

photo + design by Citizen A

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