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Castle Walls

from The Wait For Green by Kat Parent

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I was raised on tales of castles
Rampart walls, of magic kingdoms
Taught to love these ivied pillars and latticed windows hgih
This was grace, this was beauty built by money, power, duty
By the rich with priests and armies and the poor who paid to die

In the sacred soaring arches I've met God in queens and beggars
In the irony of windows graced by goldenrod and blue
To the honor of a maker who became a poor brown body
One young human killed by scaffolds like the ones that built this wall

In this place of desolation, is there hope or consolation?
In this shrine to Lady Wisdom hoarded like a cup of gold
In the music floating softly I hear crying out for mercy
I am haunted by a blackbird outside singing in the cold

She sings, Ah...

Oh, my love's in chains, my love's in prison
She is dying at the border, drowning in a poisoned river
Crucified in court appeals
In the gospel that resounds here she is censored from the story
Jesus in his mother's kitchen watching soldiers take their fields

Oh say their names, hear their voices
Count the dollars, name the choices
From the bombs dropped from the pulpit
To the hate behind closed doors
In your silent churches' shadow trucks are shutting off our water
Once again the banks are saying, "You can't live here anymore"

Oh for love, oh for mercy
Let these stones cry out for justice
Let these tales of castles crumble
Let us wake up from their spell
As the big bells ring in time for my love that's bleeding, dying
At the foot of polished crosses on the church lawn down the hill

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from The Wait For Green, released September 11, 2017
Katherine Parent: Vocals, guitar
Steven Hobert: electric organ

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Kat Parent Minneapolis, Minnesota

Katherine writes gentle and passionate songs that speak to work of healing and resistance. She sings new folk music inspired by generations of family lullabies, by lament and rage, and by vivid dreams.

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