DESCRIPTION:
I love the intimacy of Tiny Desk Concerts... as a musician it is something that both terrifies and touches me. That's why I chose this song for the submission - I feel that in light of recent and ongoing national events, I have a responsibility to say something meaningful in this small, vulnerable space where people are truly listening.

Music by Margaux LeSourd
Lyrics by Margaux LeSourd and Tom Erler
Video by Helene Christensen
Sound by Jon Goff

Lyrics:

A tall young man walks in the way,
heartless law takes lawless aim,
the tune is hollow when men can kill and walk free,
the ceaseless beat lulls our dreams to sleep.

Now the children, they're afraid,
stifled voices burn with rage,
the tune is hollow when men can kill and walk free,
the ceaseless beat lulls our dreams to sleep.

Through and through,
the red once blue,
rivers of truest truth:
the blood of youth.

The piper played, we paid,
he stole our children away,
the piper played, we paid,
he stole our children away,
the piper played, we paid,
he stole our future away,
the piper played, we paid,
he stole my youth away.

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http://westseattleblog.com/2015/01/west-seattle-music-another-tiny-desk-concerts-contender/