Neighbourhood Folk - House Concert - Fall Equinox 2025 - Water is Wide - 2025 09 25 4/13

 


Water is Wide - Introductory comments - I wrote three verses to add to the traditional verses. The traditional verses were focused on romantic love, and issues of unrequited love, betrayal and abandonment. 

My verses are focused on the pain of witnessing childhood harms arising from government neglect, genocide, and crimes against humanity. The first of my verses was inspired by the loss of young lives due to flooding in Texas in the summer of 2025. The second verse was inspired by the hunger and pain of Palestinian children in Gaza, victims of Israel's genocidal policies. The third verse was inspired by the heartless cruelty of the US federal government kidnapping innocent victims off the streets, in parking lots, and out of the hallways of courthouses.


Water is wide - full song

We need to feel, we need to not let our empathy be dulled to numb acceptance. We need to sing, and share our hope for a better future for humanity. We need to sing together when we cannot sing alone because the feeling is overwhelming. 

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