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(Lyrics below) This is a song I wrote before moving from Basel, Switzerland back to the US. It was written during Donald Trump's presidential campaign, in which he promised a border wall. The song is about the symbolism of how the old medieval wall in Basel is now a garden path, which represents the ways in which the Swiss have built a comparatively equitable and just society, where all have enough, and which creates a true sense of abundance and the desire to reach out and help others.

Eden
Words and music by Tallessyn Zawn Grenfell-Lee, 2017
There used to be a wall, a wall built of fear
To guard and keep safe the ancestors here
And the mountains made a wall, keeping out, keeping inside
Keeping some secure, while others fought and died

There used to be a wall ‘round the city on the Rhein
But now there is a garden; flower, tree, and vine
Now there is a garden

Refrain
And I walk through the garden, I walk along the Rhein
And all of it is part of me, all of it is mine
But when I cross the river, to go across the sea
The garden will live on in me

Somewhere there is Eden, full of life and peace
A safe place, a place of hope, of welcome and release
Of people reaching out to a world in need
Reach out to welcome in the Christ child refugee 

Somewhere there is Eden: all are clothed and fed
With baskets overflowing, to share the fish and bread
Where the hungry Christ child is fed

Refrain
And brought into the garden, to baptize in the Rhein
To spread the peace of Eden all the world around
I’ll take it all inside me when I go across the sea
The garden will live on

I have climbed the mountain, I’ve been baptized in the Rhein
I flowered in the garden, I shared the bread and wine
I carry it inside me as I cross the sea
The garden will live on
The garden will live on in me

Eden

Climate ethicist. Celtic Christian. Tender of Gardens and Hope.

Eden

Tallessyn

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