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Half Moon Bay

from Sparkwood by Fleur Du Louve

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lyrics

Half Indian
an old woman laughs
I must take after
a white father
because I can pass

they say the tribes
lived along the coast
all along San Francisco Bay

driving alongside waves
I feel alone
feel home drift away

the moon hooks the sky
and I drive try to catch it
between my fingers
a crescent of white
a fight still present

Garbage Indians
the old woman told me
that’s what we called them
growing up in Monterey

the dump was on their reservation
because isn’t it always
and I bite my tongue until it bleeds
until I quiet the anger in me

and I’ll wait until I leave
Half Moon Bay
to scream into my fist
and say all the things
we are not supposed to say

to the people who are older than us

we meet on the beach
see something in the distance
past the breakers watch the waves
and wonder what is coming for us
take my hand and stand with me
the sand beneath our feet
as the tide comes to shore

on the coast things go missing
earth it quakes it shakes the shores
buried tongues of a conquered people
slip from cliffs to the sea below

look beyond the break
two whales surface
they rise and they dip
cresting from the deep

dancing with the swells
I fall in love with the distance
waves come crashing in
and they will outlive us

tell me of the bones
that are buried on the beach
like the blood that beads
will rise from the sea

tell me we are whales
cresting from the deep
tell me all the things
we can’t touch, not out of reach

on the coast things go missing
earth it quakes it shakes the shores
buried tongues of a conquered people
slip from cliffs to the sea below

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from Sparkwood, released January 9, 2021

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Fleur Du Louve Tacoma, Washington

Fleur Du Louve is:
Sasha - Vocals
Kari - Electronic drums, bass, guitar, keys, backup vocals

Recorded and mixed by Kari Killjoy

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