Settle Down

from pistons & pistils by Baba Sonya

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about

This song is played primarily on my grandfather's violin. He was a violinist, organist, and conductor who worked in a steel mill in Ohio.

lyrics

The rich people in the airplane
Talk about the things they want to change
On their bodies
Which people are the most privileged at the end of the day
If it's higher than us, where are they
What's the difference between a burden and a dream come true?
Asking for a friend

'Cause you helped me lighten up
You helped me settle down
Lost in reason, lost without it
I hope you come around

You're a child being pulled along by a string
In a sled in Central Park
That's who you are
I'm a child staring out of a window of a car
Longing to get away from what I'd seen so far
What's the difference between a burden and a dream come true
Asking for a friend

'Cause you helped me lighten up
You helped me settle down
Lost in reason lost without it
I hope you come around

Why would you take a knife to yourself?
Why would you let someone else take a knife to you?
I know we struggle for repentance, but what if we were sold our sentence?
I don't know

But you helped me lighten up
You helped me settle down
Lost in reason, lost without it
I hope you come around

credits

from pistons & pistils, track released June 18, 2019
Mike Costaney, engineering/mixing/producing/drums
Rachel Gawell, songwriting/singing/cello/violin/bass
Alan Douches, mastering

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