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Bones, Blood, Saltwater, and Song

from STARTHROWERS by Shannon Hawley

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This song is for my mother.

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When I was a girl I went walking in the woods
Dancing with my sisters and the salamanders
Skinning both my knees and singing through the pain
I called it paradise, yeah, I gave it that name

We are bones, blood, saltwater, and song
We bones, blood, saltwater, and song

When I fell in love, it was to the drumming of the ocean
Yeah you broke my heart wide open there
And our love became, me combing your thin hair
And taking such good care of the body you had left

We are bones, blood, saltwater, and song
We bones, blood, saltwater, and song

Coming home from work to these children that we made
And I’m singing them your song everyday
Nearly lost my own voice just listening for your ghost
But I know what i love, it’s what I’m going to miss the most

We are bones, blood, saltwater, and song
We bones, blood, saltwater, and song

And i thought this cave of pain was gonna swallow me whole
As the storm came threatening
And I had to learn to live on the sliver of light from the cloud’s silver lining
And I’m giving more than I’m getting just like the moss under my feet
And I’m thinking that maybe I can shine just like it but

We are bones, blood, saltwater, and song
We bones, blood, saltwater, and song

Now I’m holding this sweet babe, with my story in his bones
And he’s swallowing the light and bubbling back to me
I thought it was the story, I thought it was the song
Now I know it’s the singing, it keeps saving me

We are bones, blood, saltwater, and song
We bones, blood, saltwater, and song

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from STARTHROWERS, released March 24, 2023
Written by Shannon Hawley
Mixed and Produced by NekterGun

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Shannon Hawley New Jersey

Shannon Hawley is a singer-songwriter and healer.

Her album STARTHROWERS is a memoir in song paying homage to women and caretakers doing the invisible, often overlooked work of love. With a clear voice and deep New Jersey roots, Shannon alternates between the anthemic and the understated, across themes of grief and praise, our relationships to our history, the natural world, and to each other. ... more

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