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We Are the Saints

from MAGNIFICENT BIRD by Gabriel Kahane

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lyrics

These days of wandering,
Blood blindfold armory,
I want to hold you close,
Oh, comfort me.

We’ll glide down these crowded streets
And see the kids who plead
For something to love.

If this is all there is—
Hashtags and genesis
And heads of state all made from
Papier mâché—

We’re washing the eyelids
Of our kin,
It’s mourning in America.

I keep dreaming that I’m climbing up a dusty road
To the top of a cold clear mountain,
Guided by a voice on the radio, it says,
Your feet are the future, so keep on walking
Toward the little piles of broken stones.

When silent spring began,
It seemed God had a plan
To strip the scales from the eyes of the shiftless
The shirt-sleeved, the sun-dressed,
The new baptized witnesses.

But watch how the emperor
Feeds his prey to keep the truth at bay,
And now we’re fighting over scraps again.

We are the Saints;
We are the Saints.

But in that dream I see a circle of light and hope,
And strangers looking deep in the eyes
Of someone they thought they didn’t know, they say,
Your feet are the future, so keep on walking
Toward the little piles of broken stones.

These days of wandering,
Blood blindfold armory,
I want to hold you close,
Oh, comfort me.

We’ll glide down
These empty streets
And see the blue and green After the flood.

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from MAGNIFICENT BIRD, released March 25, 2022
Gabriel Kahane, piano, vocals, electric guitars

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