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“Solstice At UMass” by Roots River is a winter gathering song rooted in place, time, and shared curiosity. Written from the sunrise and sunset observances at the UMass Amherst Sunwheel, it captures cold air, quiet stones, astronomy lessons, and the moment the year turns back toward light. Folk storytelling with a steady Roots River pulse, honoring science, seasons, and standing together outdoors to witness it.

“Solstice At UMass” by Roots River captures sunrise and sunset at the UMass Sunwheel on the shortest day of the year. Cold air, stone markers, astronomy, and the quiet moment when the light begins its return. @umassamherst 
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Verse 1
Before the coffee, before the light
Boots on frost in the quiet night
Seven a.m. by the eastern stone
Breath like smoke, not alone
Rocky Hill Road still fast asleep
Moon hanging low, the cold runs deep
Someone points where the horizon bends
Says this is where the turning begins

Chorus
Solstice at UMass
Shortest day, longest night
We stand still while the world turns slow
Waiting on the sun to show
Solstice at UMass
Old as stone, clear as glass
For one long breath the year holds fast
Solstice at UMass

Verse 2
Stephen speaks as the sky grows pale
Why the clocks and the sun don't tell the same tale
How the earliest dark already passed us by
And the latest dawn is still waiting its time
Telescope finds the moon up there
Waning light in the frozen air
Questions rise with the coming glow
Why the day feels long when the light is low

Chorus
Solstice at UMass
Shortest day, longest night
Southern edge of the rising sun
Marks the place where the year is spun
Solstice at UMass
Stone and sky in contrast
We learn again what the seasons ask
Solstice at UMass

Verse 3
Afternoon shadows stretch and lean
Three thirty light turns sharp and clean
Grant points west where the last rays land
Southwest stone meets the sun on command
For days it holds the same old line
As if the sky has lost its time
Sixteen through the twenty sixth
The sun repeats its quiet myth

Chorus
Solstice at UMass
Held between then and now
Southeast rise, southwest set
The farthest south the sun will get
Solstice at UMass
Cold hands, steady minds
Learning how the earth aligns
Solstice at UMass

Bridge
Wet ground, frozen toes
Still we stay till the last light goes
Because knowing where the shadows fall
Helps us face the dark at all

Final Chorus
Solstice at UMass
After dark we head back home
Knowing from this turning day
The light has found its way
Solstice at UMass
Shortest day has passed
Tomorrow grows by moments fast
Solstice at UMass

Outro
South of the stadium, quiet and wide
Stone remembers what we can't deny
The year turns back toward warmth and grass
Solstice at UMass

Peu Pa Viv San Ou Eric Virgal

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