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“Roots of Resistance” is part of the Basically Done Original Soundtrack — the official musical companion to Donald E. Pickett’s novel Basically Done and the upcoming Basically Done series/franchise.

The song addresses the erosion of land ownership, community displacement, and the quiet but unyielding resistance of working people rooted in place. Rather than protest through spectacle, the track carries its defiance through restraint — steady rhythm, grounded imagery, and inherited values that refuse to be erased by corporate systems.

This piece reflects Appalachian generational memory, where land was once attainable through labor and dignity, and where loss of place is not merely economic, but cultural and spiritual. “Roots of Resistance” stands as a truth-forward anthem — not shouting, but enduring.

Roots of Resistance

We’re spinning coins, we’re burning time
What’s the point? We’ve seen this all before
One slip and we’ll be right back under
We're going in circles
We're going in circles
We're going in circles

This close, but never through it
I’m none the wiser, never knew it
I’m standing at the edge of
Promise made, so quick to fade
I’m repeating

We’re rotten fruit, we’re catching flies
What’s the point? We’ve got nothing more to lose
One slip and we’ll be right back under
We're going in circles
We're going in circles
We're going in circles

You reached out for my hand
You reached out for my hand
I looked, but I was already gone
Already gone

All numbers have been counted
All days have blurred to one
But yesterday finds you waiting
So you're circling back

You reached out for my hand
You reached out for my hand
I looked, but I was already gone
Already gone

You reached out for
You reached out for
But I stood still in time.
Didn’t move, just lay in wait
I let it pass
I let it pass

Eiserner Steg (Akustik Version)

Philipp Poisel

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