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about

the fires that burn bright with half-truths and dangerously misremembered history will not keep us warm for long. but their promise of belonging is powerful, and their warmth is real nonetheless.

now it feels more important than ever to build different fires — fires of truth, solidarity and love.

the hushing refers to the old german folk songs that are not generally sung now because of their use as propaganda by the nazi regime

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hush, don’t sing!
you can’t sing those songs anymore
though you sing of green and pleasant lands
they burned the evidence
the arguments for joy
in case we forget again
that we were born to kill for love

which is not real love
but it’s warming the cold evening and the others went before us
collecting sticks from the woods to feed the flames
that will suck the air from around us
we will drown before the thunder comes

we’ll go outside and build a fire
we’ll go out in all the gardens and pile it higher and higher
and as we watch it all burn the sun will go
the ground will blacken where an old wind blows
we’ll be here in the same old place
with smoke in our hair and soot on our faces, love

oh careless, careless, careless love

we are short sighted
we are blinded by the pull of one side on the other side
it tugs at our skin and we let it in
just to keep peace with the neighbours
just to quieten the din, love

i’ll follow you outside, we’ll build a fire
we’ll take things from all the gardens and pile it higher and higher
and as we watch it all burn the sun will go
the ground will blacken where an old wind blows
we’ll be here in the same old place
with blood on our hands and guilty faces
and the oldest excuses, love

oh careless, careless, careless love

it always starts slow
the promise of belonging
the promise of belonging
the promise of belonging drowns us in it’s shivering skin and to belong,
we all stop talking

hush, don’t sing!
you can’t sing those songs anymore, grandmother
though you sing of green and pleasant lands
they’ve been covered over
in the darkest of colours
from the smoke of a fire
which still hangs above us...

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from The Lines We Draw Together, released August 23, 2019

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Rowan Rheingans Sheffield, UK

Rowan Rheingans is an award-winning fiddle player, banjoist, songwriter and theatre-maker widely regarded as one of the foremost innovators in folk music today. Best known for her work with acclaimed bands Lady Maisery, The Rheingans Sisters and Songs of Separation, Rowan has won two BBC Radio 2 Folk Awards (‘Best Original Track’ in 2016 & ‘Best Album’ in 2017) and is a six-times nominee. ... more

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