Grief moving through me
Let my body
Feel the waves of love and grief…

Grief, grief and love
Let me feel it all
Let me feel it all

Grief and Love

Sung with Rachel Chang (guitar + vox)

Lyrics:

I’ve been trying to soften to this life
to let it touch me
'cause I know the fear that braces me is very old
but in my blood I feel the thrum of my ancestors on the run 
and boy sometimes it’s hard to tell it’s not today

But I would like to trust
I would like to believe I’m safe
I would like to let my body lead the way

I’ve been trying to open to this moment,
let it unfold 
cause I know the shame that narrows me is very old
but theres a child in my mind who loved and then got left behind
and boy sometimes it’s hard to tell it’s not today

But I would like to trust 
I would like to believe I’m safe
I would like to let intuition lead the way

May I let the cosmic ocean of love buoy me up
May I let the cosmic ocean of love wash over me
Da da daaaa…. 

Cause I would  like to trust 
I would like to believe I’m safe
I would like to let my body lead the way
I would like to trust 
I would like to believe I’m safe
I would like to let intuition lead the way

I Would Like To Trust

This melody's composer is unknown, but it originated in the town of Persa, now in Poland, once in the Pale of Settlement. 

Yedid nefesh, Av harachaman, 
meshoch Avdach el Retzonach. 
Yarutz avdach kemo ayal, 
yishtachave mul hadarach. 
Ye’erav lo yedidutach, minofet tsuf vechol ta’am. 

Hadoor naeh ziv haolam, nafshi cholat ahavatach. 
Anah El nah refah nah lah, b’harot lah noam zivach, 
Az titchazek v’titrapeh, v’hay’tah lah shifchat olam. 

Vatik yehemoo rachamecha v’chus na al ben ohavach. 
Ki zeh kamah nichsof nichsaf, lir’ot betiferet oozach. 
Anah Eyli, machmad leebee, chooshah nah v’al titalam. 

Higaleh nah uf’ros chaviv alai, et sukkat shelomach 
Tair eretz mikevodach, nagilah v’nismechah bach. 
Maher ahoov, ki va moed, v’choneni kimei olam.

Yedid Nefesh (Origin: Persa)

tune by Rabbi Menachem Creditor from Psalm 89:3

Recorded at Boston Passover Action Prep Meeting 4/17/16

lyrics:
Olam chesed yibaneh

We will build this world from love

Olam Chesed

Melody by IfNotNow member Arielle Korman. 

Boz del puevlo, boz del sielo.
The voice of the people is the voice of the heavens.
-- Judeo-Spanish(Ladino) Proverb

Found in Devin Naar's book Jewish Salonica.

Boz del Puevlo / The voice of the people

V'ha'hochma m'ayin t'matze
aize makom bina
hen yirat adonai hi chochma m'sur (m'sur) meirav bina
- Job 28:12

[translation: Wisdom... where can it be found? Where is the place of discernment? Awe is wisdom, deep understandind.

Song credit to Deborah Sacks Mintz

Makom Bina (Deborah Sacks Mintz)

this song was originally written after navigating what-feels-like high stake conversations between jews around israel/palestine. this prayer was written as a prayer for peace: that what we are holding so tightly can actually withstand being let go some, let to breathe,to  change, to be 'broken' as we may see it, to speak for itself. that this prayer may allow us to see eac hother and our human one-ness.  it's a prayer for peace amidst anguish that it might be possible, out of our control, to have faith.

a prayer for peace amidst anguish

Adapted 2016 from Chance the Rapper’s ‘Blessings’, by Momentum Trainers from Black Lives Matter, Movimiento Cosecha, IfNotNow, and more!

LYRICS: 
We're gonna rise up, rise up till it's won.
When the people rise up, the powers come down.
They tried to stop us, but we keep coming back.

A team of cross-movement leaders adapted “Blessings” for use by social movement organizations. Sunrise is part of an in an interconnected network building for a just world and social transformation brought together by Momentum.

A team of cross-movement leaders adapted “Blessings” for use by social movement organizations. Sunrise is part of an in an interconnected network building for a just world and social transformation brought together by Momentum.

If singing this song for performance or recording for profit, you must get permission from and pay royalties to the composer.

Heartiest thanks to Scot Brenton at 9 Below Productions for graciously donating his time & studio space to help us record!

Rise Up

Artist: Meredith Buck
I learned from Marion of Sing Portland.

The story goes that Meredith Buck was at a retreat in the woods. The participants were led somewhere on the grounds, were then blindfolded, and had to find their way back by listening to the sound of drums being played. Part of the journey back was crossing the Eel River, and it was when Meredith was wading across that this song came to her.

Sung at a song circle on August 18, 2019 on Chinook land/Portland, OR.

Part 1:
Listen (x4)

Part 2:
Lay yourself down on the rocks now
Let your body down in the river
Listen for the drumming on the other side
Lose yourself in the meantime

Part 3:
Listen
Let your body be your guide
Let the water decide
Lose yourself in the meantime

Eel River Chant / Listen (Meredith Buck)

Music: Miriam Margles
Words: Ary Solomon
I learned at Hava Nashira (singing retreat at OSRUI in Wisconsin) from Noam Katz. Original words are in Hebrew (zeh hayom asah adonai nagilah v'nis'm'cha vo) and have been changed (not a translation).

Sung at a song circle on July 20, 2019 on Chinook land/Portland, OR.

Lyrics:
Raise your eyes look up to the sky
Feel the rain as it falls down

*Note: I originally thought the music was by Noam Katz - thank you Baci Weiler for the correction!

Raise Your Eyes (Music: Miriam Margles, Lyrics: Ary Solomon)

Mike Brown Nigun- Koach Baruch Frazier

Sunrise is building an army of young people to stop climate change and create millions of good jobs in the process. We call ourselves Sunrise because we know this dark hour in America, when fossil fuel executives and climate deniers run our government, cannot last. The sun will rise again.
We have a 4-year plan to make climate action an urgent priority in every corner of the country, expose the fossil fuel executives who have purchased politicians and blocked progress, and lift up champions who will work for the people at every level of government.

Rise Up

Sunrise Movement

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