Another Shade

from I'll Show You the Night by Brightdarkdawn

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A story the migration and the transformation of a silver-bright salmon into the river's deepest shade.

“We are all intertwined in these rolling waves as they move round and round the old-body--composing it, sensing it, enriching it, meditating on it, celebrating it.” Being Salmon, Being Human, Martin Lee Mueller

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Another Shade (Salmon Song)
By Anne Carol Mitchell

Once I was another shade,
Lean and silver bright.
Tasted waters followed waves,
Knew this was my time,
To become.

Felt my will and heard the call,
To the kindred bay,
Pressed my shape against the waves,
Knew this was the way home.

When I first felt the change,
Into another shade.
Deepest hunger was received,
By another grace,
To become.

Heard an echo within,
My river body say,
“Leave the salt, leave the sea
Find your way home. “

You’re all I want,
You’re all I need.
Your arms around,
Your body surrounding me.

At last I was received,
Into the river’s hue.
Silver bright turned to green,
My body knew,
It had begun.

I returned to be,
The water’s deepest shade.
Into roots, into leaves,
This was the way home.

credits

from I'll Show You the Night, track released November 12, 2021
Written by Anne Carol Mitchell

Produced by Maryam Qudus and Anne Carol Mitchell
String trio by Erik Pearson

Recorded at Tiny Telephone
Oakland, CA by Maryam Qudus

Mixed by Maryam Qudus
Mastered by Sarah Register

Guitar and vocals: Anne Carol Mitchell
Synths and bass: Maryam Qudus
Percussion: Cody Rhodes
Violin: Ariel Wang
Viola: Jacob Hansen-Joseph
Cello: Lewis Patzner

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Brightdarkdawn Sebastopol, California

Brightdarkdawn is songwriter/composer Anne Carol Mitchell. With intricate guitar and nature-based lyrics, the music brings listeners more beautifully into narratives of Earth’s deep time

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