“break the silence” : a free song & music video (by dao strom | the sea & the mother)

“Break the Silence” is a song from the forthcoming ‘We Were Meant To Be A Gentle People (East EP)’ by author-songwriter Dao Strom | The Sea and The Mother.

This video was made by Kyle Macdonald. (More work by Kyle here.)

[vimeo 40952632 w=600 h=338]

LYRICS:

< —break the silence— >

<tell them what went wrong
at the breaking of our  new dawn>

<we once were kin
breathed of the same skin —

<oh my sisters have they forgotten me ? >

<i was the Torus
you were the Ram’s nest>    <we kissed &
the whole thing shuddered  to
Life >

<i took your wing
you caught my tailspin
but still I fell>

<Mother   you tempted me   said you cannot change your destiny—

oh but surely by now I have proven you wrong>

<Break the silence, Tell them what was
the real Reason that we Left >

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Writer’s note: This may not be a song about leaving Viet Nam in a literal sense, but it is a song about the condition, and the ethos, of exile. Sometimes I believe it takes myth or poetry – oblique references and resonances – in order to touch upon the essence of reality that is not captured by documentary, nor by history as we so far know it.

DOWNLOAD THIS SONG FOR FREE HERE

More about this project by Dao Strom | The Sea and The Mother here: http://indiegogo.com/gentle-people-ep

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Dao Strom is the author of two books of fiction, Grass Roof, Tin Roof and The Gentle Order of Girls and Boys. She is a graduate of the Iowa Writers Workshop and has been recipient of a National Endowment for the Arts Literature Fellowship, among other awards. She is also a singer-songwriter with two solo releases. More info here.

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