Where I grew up, I could see the water lines on the mountain of Lake Bonneville from 10,000 years ago. I know the water is completely capable of taking back what it has relinquished.
lyrics
Take It Back
Holly Kirsten
copyright 2018
Down in the miry marshes with loblolly pines
choking heat stirs the bullfrogs and cicadas to sing
my tea-stained waves lap the crowded coastline
cloaking bathing beauties and waterfowl wings
The moon briefly made my boundary relent
but I will take it back
Take it back, take it back, take it back
Far away, I covertly assemble near the arctic blaze
a continent erodes, while time shaves sheets of ice
here, frightened farmsteads fold by swollen roadways
old timers ponder shifting plates and lightning strikes
Somewhere a factory filters dregs into my stream
but I will take it back
Take it back, take it back, take it back
I must rise and swell, an imminent, ill-fated view
offered no alternative, stripped, overtaken, abused
I once hoped for harmony, to share the line with you
Like fingers lovingly entwined, our bonds of nature fused
Before humans took holiday on my splendid shores
or fisherman foraged my banks for their cupboards
ancient sand beds stretched, keeping other scores
revealing relics of the land that I once covered
My lines receded once, I made room for you
but I will take it back
Take it back, take it back, take it back
A din of desperation I would gladly refute,
but as of now, I cannot take it back.
Take it back, take it back, take it back
credits
from Starlings,
released November 22, 2020
Written, performed, produced by Holly Kirsten
I have been singing, creating new songs, and playing stringed instruments for as long as I can remember. I love sharing
music with others and have played with several local bands in the Hampton Roads region.
I also produce my own music. All the songs that you hear are, with the exception of a few special appearances, my own creation....more
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