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The Third World

from I Wonder by Discoverer

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lyrics

have you ever stood along the shore
of your neat and tidy understanding
and wondered who sent the waves
that so faithfully kiss the sand?

how did the oceans grow full?
were they once dry valleys, or fields?
running grounds and picnic-places?
or were we always trapped on these swollen
islands, and are these waters still unbridgeable?

the tears they cried
could have flooded all our shoes and spilled across your beach
sending waves to echo their despair,
crashing mightily on the border of a stranger's world,
with flecks of foamy hope mixing with the mud
--this message is far too big for a bottle.

if you craned your neck you could have read her lips,
the mother mourning unashamed in the street
you could have read a thousand lifetimes of grief,
if you were looking, darling

i'm asking you to touch the tide and ask
if the shore is more than the beginning of your world,
if it's the edge of hers,
and if that ocean spray doesn't taste so very much like your own sorrow.

in the sting of this new wind,
let me hold you, sweetheart,
because they're asking us to see.
i hope you cry a little, babe.
i'm not blaming you, love,
but no one can afford this blindness.

so let's get baptized in these waters,
find redemption in recognition,
send our ships to the horizon of these overgrown puddles.
dive in with me, baby, and we'll make for shore
just to know our brothers,
and to say,
in this family, no one may drown alone,
and we won't be dry until they are.

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from I Wonder, released December 29, 2012
Thanks to Sarah for the lyrics!

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Discoverer Urbana, Illinois

Discoverer is a musical project started by Tariq Shihadah to explore experiences, dreams, and the world around him. Discoverer isn't about contriving the perfect tune but about finding the songs already inside us and in the communities we live in. The ambient, post-rock influenced music by this self-described "Midwest Folk" artist will draw you into a place of introspection and vulnerability. ... more

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