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Post​-​Revolutionary Victory Song

from All Of Nature by Sheila Nicholls

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100 years had passed
surprisingly we had survived the boys fear-based stance
...and all the tension was gone,
mythological memory
just vapors
written in song
but I remember that day
when all of the Mothers in the world said
'put the guns away'
' just put the guns away'
they said
'we won't have sex with you ever again if there's one more child laying dead'

when the cup overflowed
clouds of compassion filled the air
until it snowed
well still you tried to control
you started issuing IDs to trees
and fish in a bowl
that's when your God got too small
and all of the definitions you could think of meant nothing at all.
That's when you're cowardice showed
already so dead inside
to trust the flux as it flowed
The love was too much for you to bear
blank eyed and bloated
your hearts exploded
and we stopped to stare

…..and as your species died out
a language older than words came back
bearing some kind of ancient aphrodisiac
and all the creatures that were left behind
well it was clear
that Heaven was here
yeah it was clear
that Heaven was always here to find

Well that was so long ago
and human capability has stretched so much farther than you'll ever know
so now we live sustainably
where hatred and fear and greed
own no vocabulary
and hierarchy has dissipated
along with that pyramidical slavery you perpetuated
and poverty and profit and rape are gone
the air and water clean
and still we all got enough to live on

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from All Of Nature, released September 15, 2017

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Sheila Nicholls Los Angeles, California

Sheila Nicholls is an English singer songwriter based in Los Angeles. Sheila has released five albums and her songs have been featured in the films High Fidelity and Jackie & Ryan. Sheila has toured extensively, charted in the US top 10 in college radio and the Billboard top 40, and appeared on the Tonight show. ... more

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