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Withstand (single)

by Cornelius Eady

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A song written and recorded around July 4th, about how it feels now, as the country and world seems to shift in real time. The first single of a Summer EP to be released this August.

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Withstand

Words and Music: Cornelius Eady

What can you withstand, now?
What can you withstand?
All the fights they taught were right
Is shifting through your hands

All the birds exiled in the sky
Got no place to land.
What can you withstand, now?
What can you withstand?

The weathers trying to change
Your clothes,
A stale wind covers the land
Thunder rolls like an exit poll
Like some mad judge’s hand.

The ground beneath your feet
Is turning into sand
And it ain’t who’s gonna win
Or lose,
It’s what you can stand.

What can you withstand, now,
What can you withstand?
All the fights they taught were right
Are shifting through your hands

All the birds exiled in the sky
Got no place to land
What can you withstand, now
What can you withstand?

The weathers trying to change
Your mind,
Seems you made a mistake;
You thought you’d been
A citizen,
But now they claim you’re
A fake.

The ground beneath your feet
Is shifting into sand
And it ain’t who’s gonna
Rescue you,
It’s what you can stand.

What can you withstand, now,
What can you withstand?
All the fights you thought were right
Are shifting through your hands

All the birds exiled in the sky
Got no place to land.
What can you withstand, now,
What can you withstand?

credits

released July 21, 2023
Cornelius Eady: Vocals
Charlie Rauh: Acoustic Guitars
Lisa Liu: Piano
Track recorded by Eady, Rauh & Liu
Track arranged and mixed by Rauh & Liu
Mastered by Charlie Rauh

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Cornelius Eady New York, New York

Cornelius Eady is the author of 8 books of poetry, lives in NYC and is the co-founder of Cave Canem. The band Rough Magic came out of the sessions for his CD/Chapbook BOOK OF HOOKS. (Kattywompus Press, Jan. 2013)

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