In light of this battle
We might wonder
What separates
The enlightened man
From the savage
Is civilization (one hundred years)
An end in itself (is that all it takes)
Or just an advanced state (to romanticize)
Of barbarity (a genocide)
Manifest Destiny
Just two or three words
I’ve not much to say
I’m giving myself up today
I’m putting my life
Between your hands
Do what you want with me
Long ago (one hundred years)
I galloped with the wind (is that all it takes)
Now I’m giving up (to romanticize)
That’s all (a genocide)
Manifest Destiny
From sea to shining sea
A song I wrote in 1994. Inspired by the book Bury My Heart at Wounded Knee. Reposting it today as I’m thinking of the victims of the genocidal boarding schools in Canada and the USA where indigenous children were tortured and murdered. As well as the centennial of the Tulsa massacre this weekend.
https://objetdisque.bandcamp.com/album/perio-icy-morning-in-paris-25th-anniversary-reissue
