This is a tragic song, like most others, based on real life issues.  In this case the abandonment of elderly parent(s) of some Overseas Foreign Workers.  While some send monies and letters back to other parents and over time it stops, other children,  may abruptly move on in life.  It leads behind broken parents whom gave everything including their savings to pay for a education only to be rewarded with abandonment, a form of elder abuse.  Many live in extreme poverty or are homeless and other drown out their sorrow with alcohol or drugs.  While the song looks at the Philippines this occurs in many nations of the world. Chinese Version.

遗弃的回响 - Echoes of Abandonment

This track is looking into the Canadian on-going collapse - soaring prices, house and condo crash, unlivable conditions, tent-cities, drugs, job market implosion, euthanasia with death boards, crime and much more.  Canada is moving towards a technocracy (much like communism only worse) where the government (elite) will own everything and if you do exactly as told you'll be allowed to live - you'll own nothing and be happy, or else.

Maple Leaf Lament

I'm a 61 year old born and raised in Canada.  My parents were both Austrian (Europe).  I'm married and my wife was born and raised in Luzon, Philippines.  Since 1997 I also live in the Philippines.  I have many interests: motorcycles, ebikes and bikes, horses, agri-forestry, computers, writing, song-writing, Chinese-Donghua (and some Japanese-Anime), inventions, doing the impossible, repairing things, projects, esoteric and much more.  While many take one path in life I love exploring and the roads seldom used.

I'll get an email address up - if you have a story to tell let the ole Rainforest Cowboy know.  I love to write about peoples' experiences, their cities and nations, hobbies, hopes and fears.  Maybe you're in love, promoting a charity, or missing a lost one - if you would like to share, I'll make a song about it.

Maple Leaf Lament

Rainforest Cowboy

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