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Lyrics & Links to the original episodes for the songs in this ribbon.

89. a spell for intergenerational trauma

by Ahlay Blakely

Breaking

Breaking the cycles now

Ripple through

Through to the ancient ones

Ripple through

Through to the future ones

Healing at the Root

We’re calling

Healing at the root

of our belonging

170. Over/Under

by Lyndsey Scott

Over / under

All the way through

Over / under

Back to you

Over / under

All the way down

Over / under

Lost then found

I am the love that doesn't leave

We do this til we free us!

Feel thru the dark is how we see

We do this til we free us!

We are remembering how to grieve

We do this til we free us!

You are a part of my family

We do this til we free us!

77. Winter Song

by Dirk Mont Campbell

All things come and go, summer sun and winter snow.

Blow wind, fall, rain; all things die and live again.

Fallen leaves lie on the ground so cold and dead.

Oak tree stands bare, and the holly green and red.

Robin sings of love and loss for Jenny Wren.

All things that die will return to life again.

50. Navigate the Current

by Saro Lynch-Thomason

I often feel a deep despair For a pain that feels unending

For a body made with many faults That resists all salve or mending

I’m tossed and driven with a tide Of an ocean unforgiving

I am left shaking on the shore Afraid of even standing.

I feel a deep temptation then As I am lying weary

For a marble form to encase my bones That I may rest more deeply

What comfort to be cast as stone To be static and suspended

No ecstasy, no misery Nothing given or expended

I am startled then by the touch of friends Who raise and fortify me

Who say my name, bid me stretch my frame Help me face the sea’s great fury.

Where would I be in these long hours Without their voices by me?

To ease the pain and soothe the strain Of a troubled and angry body?

I am bound between the amity That salves a body splintered

And the cries and sighs of the daily hours That pull my soul more inward.

Oh, may I learn to trust the hands That soothe a pain so fervent

May I ride each wave with a greater faith And navigate the current

147. Walk On Through

by Samara Jade

The Mystery is holding your hand

As you walk through

The angels are holding your hand

As you walk through….

Chorus:

So walk on through - no turning back

Walk on through - we got your back

We’ll stand by you

You’re not alone

So walk on through, we’ll walk you home

(other verses, same form, fill in the blank with: stars and moon, mother earth, ancestors, all of us, etc)

68. Share the Journey

by Katie Sontag

As the dark fades away, here it comes, a brand-new, new day.

As it leaves, we watch it go, all we learned, all we need to know.

I believe we will survive. I believe this is our time.

I believe we are alive to share the journey, to share the journey.

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