I am resilient
I trust the movement
I negate the chaos
Uplift the negative
I'll show up at the table, again and again and again
I'll close my mouth and learn to listen

These times are poignant
The winds have shifted
It's all we can do
To stay uplifted

Pipelines through backyards
Wolves howlin out front
Yeah, I got my crew but truth is what I want

Realigned and on point
Power to the peaceful
Prayers to the waters
Women at the center

All vessels open to give and receive
Let's see the system brought down to it's knees

I'm made of thunder
I'm made of lightning
I'm made of dirt (yeah)
Made of the fine things

My parents taught me that I'm a speck of dust
And this world was made for meSo let's go and try our luck

I got my roots down, down, down, down
Down, down, down, down, down, deep

I got my roots down, down, down, down
Down, down, down, down, down, deep

So what are we doing here?

What has been done?

What are you gonna do about it when the world comes undone?

My voice feels tiny and I'm sure so does yours
But put us all together we make a mighty roar

I am resilient
I trust the movement
I negate the chaos
Uplift the negative
I'll show up at the table, again and again and again
I'll close my mouth and learn to listen

Sound Mosaic….

Mosaic of sound….

Sound Mosaic….

Mosaic of sound….

Queer voices rising in south Puget Sound

Queer voices ringing a gala of sound

No dogma!

No hate!

All feet on the ground!

Once scattered voices together rebound.

Sound Mosaic….

Mosaic of sound….

Love is out mantra

Love all around

We sing it together, we let it resound.

Join us in singing!

Queer joy will abound!

Turn up the volume, our rainbow of sound.

Sound Mosaic….

Mosaic of sound….

Sound Mosaic….

Mosaic of sound….

The river is a healer, the river is a sage

The river knows no end and the river feels no age

The river is a leader, every single day

It's living in the moment and it always finds a way

Water, heal my body

Water, heal my soul

When I go down, down to the water

By the water, I feel whole

The river calls me over, it's calling out my name

In the day and in the night, I hear that river all the same

It's calling me over, calling out my pain

Oh, a river gathers tears just like a river gathers rain

Water, heal my body

Water, heal my soul

When I go down, down to the water

By the water, I feel whole

The river is a traveler, always on the go

Oh, a river never worries if it's fast or if it's slow

River, take me to where I need to go

Oh, and I will just relax and let the river flow

Water, heal my body (heal my body)

Water, heal my soul (heal my soul)

When I go down, down to the water

By the water, I feel whole (water, heal)

Water, heal my body (my body)

Water, heal my soul (water, heal my soul)

When I go down, down to the water (when I go down, down)

By the water, I feel whole (to the water, water)

Water, heal my body (heal my body)

Water, heal my soul (water, heal my soul)

When I go down, down to the water

By the water, I feel whole

When I go down, down to the water

By the water, I feel whole

As the autumn daylight fades. Eventually I grow to embrace. The gentle splendor within the growing darkness.

I get lost amongst the haunting. Neon shimmers glimmering. In reflections across the harbor.

But each time the seasons change I can’t help but feel the subtle pang. Of one more precious summer being over.

Which I’ve learned to value as I’ve aged. The fragility of life keeps me engaged. You never know if you will see another spring

You’re a fractal-like reflection of the cosmos

And everything

The earth continues orb-i-ting. Which we only can perceive. As summer into fall into winter.

Rarely do we have a reason. To see it through a wider lens. Our solar system in the context of the universe.

We go about our lives as if. We were half asleep amphibians. Who had only experienced life underwater

There's so much more which can be felt. Microfauna to Orion’s belt. So crack that code and let your soaring spirit sing.

We’re all fractal-like reflections of the cosmos

And everything

It reminds me why it feels so good to be alive

It reminds me why it feels so good to be alive

It reminds me why it feels so good to be alive

It reminds me why it feels so good to be alive

Amidst the consequence of happenstance. The galaxies, the atom dance. Taking millennia of development. To reach the necessary conditions

For bringing us to this moment

A distant owl lured us outside. To view the constellations that night. Instead of bingeing our next favorite show

So hold your coffee mug against your chest. Feel its contents’ gentle radiance. So it can soothe you if you’re feeling cold.

Just think about the pyramids. And different species’ origins. Or the Big Bang, if you’re feeling old.

So buy your love bouquets of flowers. In winter evenings’ moonlit hours. A burst of life to cheer them up until the spring.

You're both fractal-like reflections of the cosmos

And everything

Three song mash-up

1) Lyrics used from “Talkin ‘Bout a Revolution” by Tracy Chapman

Don’t you know, talking ‘bout a revolution sounds

[Whispered] Like a whisper

Don’t you know, talking ‘bout a revolution sounds

[Whispered] Like a whisper

While they’re standing in the welfare lines.

Crying at the doorsteps of those armies of salvation

Wasting time in the unemployment lines

Sitting around, waiting for a promotion\

Don’t you know, talking ‘bout a

revolution sounds

[Whispered] Like a whisper

Queer people gonna rise up and get their share

Trans people gonna rise up and take what’s theirs.

Don’t you know you better run run run run run run run run run run run run

Talking ‘bout a revolution

Cause hopefully the tables are starting to turn

Talking ‘bout a revolution

2) Lyrics used from “Revolution Lover” by Left at London

And we’ll be alright revolution lover

You know I feel like the world got smaller. I recall all of the days I’ve cried. Even if heaven doesn’t take us we tried

But you know I think if we stick together. Maybe we’ll become each other’s guide. I know we’ll make it out of this one alive.

You know, I know that your hope’s been missing. I know we both coulda almost died. I know it’s harder every day to provide.

But it’s gonna change, I can feel it coming. And when it does we’ll be side by side. I know we’ll make it out of this one alive.

I’m yours, I’m yours, I’m yours, I’m yours I’m yours, I’m yours, I’m yours, I’m yours I’m yours, I’m yours, I’m yours, I’m yours I’m yoooooooooooours!

3) Lyrics used from “What’s Up” by 4 Non Blondes

45 years and my life is still trying to get up that great big hill of hope

For a destination

I realized quickly when I knew I should that the world was made up of this brotherhood of man

For whatever that means

And so I cry sometimes when I’m lying in bed. Just to get it all out, what’s in my head. And I, I am feeling

A little peculiar

And so I wake in the morning and I step outside. And I take a deep breath and I get real high and I Scream from the top of my lungs

“What’s going on?!”

And I try, oh my god do I try I try all the time in this institution

And I strive, oh my god do I strive I strive every single day

FOR REVOLUTION!

And so I cry sometimes when I’m lying in bed. Just to get it all out, what’s in my head and I, I am feeling

a little peculiar

And so I wake in the morning and I step outside. And I take a deep breath and I get real high and I scream from the top of my lungs

“What’s going on!”