Athenae’s election day soundtrack:
1. Dar Williams “Are You Out There”:
And what’s the future, who will choose it?
Politics of love and music
Underdogs who turn the tables
Indie versus major labels
From the wells of disappointment
where the women kneel to pray
for the grace of God in the desert here
and the desert far away:
Democracy is coming to the U.S.A.
3. Pink Floyd “On The Turning Away”:
On the wings of the night
As the daytime is stirring
Where the speechless unite
In a silent accord
4. Patti Smith “People Have The Power”:
The power to dream / to rule
to wrestle the world from fools
it’s decreed the people rule
it’s decreed the people rule
LISTEN
5. Carly Simon “Let The River Run”:
Silver cities rise
the morning lights the streets that lead them
and sirens call them on
with a song
6. Karan Casey “Ballad of Accounting”:
Did you kiss the foot that kicked you?
Did you thank them for their scorn?
Did you ask for their forgiveness
For the act of being born?
7. Tyrone Wells “When All Is Said And Done”:
When I’m coming home
And I walk across the bridge of death alone
I will fix my eyes
On the one who’s waiting at the other side
My old friend with countless others there beside
When I’m coming home
And for the U2 fan in all of Kerry Nation:
8. U2 “One”:
One love One blood One life
You got to do what you should
One life with each other
Sisters brothers
One life but we’re not the same
We get to carry each other
Carry each other