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The River and the Song

from Standing in the Current by Geha

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The sisters tell their story.

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The Sisters (Serena, Lorelei, and Grace):
OUR FATHER WAS THE RIVER AND OUR MOTHER WAS THE SONG
WE THOUGHT OUR JOY WOULD LAST FOREVER, WE WERE QUICKLY PROVEN WRONG

OUR FATHER WAS THE RIVER AND OUR MOTHER WAS THE SONG
WE THOUGHT OUR JOY WOULD LAST FOREVER, WE WERE QUICKLY PROVEN WRONG

WE HAD A LIFE AND A FAMILY
WE HAD NO NEEDS
WE WERE HAPPY

OUR MOTHER TAUGHT US TO SING SO WE
COULD FIND OUR VOICES IN HARMONY

AND WHEN WE WOULD SING EVERYONE WOULD WEEP
THEY ALL WANTED A PIECE
THAT THEY COULD KEEP

THEN A POWERFUL MAN CAME INTO OUR HOME
HE DEMANDED WE SING FOR HIM ALONE

OUR FATHER WAS THE RIVER AND OUR MOTHER WAS THE SONG
WE THOUGHT OUR JOY WOULD LAST FOREVER, WE WERE QUICKLY PROVEN WRONG

OUR FATHER WAS THE RIVER AND OUR MOTHER WAS THE SONG
WE THOUGHT OUR JOY WOULD LAST FOREVER, WE WERE QUICKLY PROVEN WRONG

HE PROMISED MONEY, HE PROMISED RINGS
HE PROMISED TO GIVE US EVERYTHING

WHEN WE SAID NO, HOW HE YELLED AND SWORE
HE’D NEVER HEARD THE WORD BEFORE

ANGRY WITH WILD DESIRE
HE SENT SOLDIERS TO ACQUIRE US

WITH THE GIFTS OF OUR FATHER, WE TOOK A STAND
WE BENT THE WATERS AROUND OUR LAND

OUR FATHER WAS THE RIVER AND OUR MOTHER WAS THE SONG
WE THOUGHT OUR JOY WOULD LAST FOREVER, WE WERE QUICKLY PROVEN WRONG

OUR FATHER WAS THE RIVER AND OUR MOTHER WAS THE SONG
WE THOUGHT OUR JOY WOULD LAST FOREVER, WE WERE QUICKLY PROVEN WRONG

THE MEN ALL DIED IN A CRASH OF WAVES AND STONE
THE ARMY SHATTERED TO PIECES AND THEIR BONES
LAY FAR BELOW OUR WATERS AS A WARNING

BUT SINCE HE HAD POWER, HE HAD TO SAVE FACE
BY TELLING STORIES ABOUT THIS AWFUL PLACE
OF CREATURES SET ON ENSNARING AND DESTROYING MEN

HE SPREAD HIS LIES AND THE WORLD FEARED AND DESPISED US
BUT IT SERVED AS PROTECTION, AND WE’VE SURVIVED HIM
CREATING A HOME FOR OTHERS LIKE US

OUR FATHER WAS THE RIVER AND OUR MOTHER WAS THE SONG
THE WORLD THOUGHT WE SHOULD SERVE THEIR PLEASURE, SO WE PROVED THE WORLD WAS WRONG

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from Standing in the Current, released May 27, 2017

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Geha New York, New York

Andrew Geha is an award-winning playwright and theater teacher who has worked at Friends Academy, a Quaker school in Locust Valley, NY, since 2001.

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