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Hoshisuna
01:36
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swallowed by the serpent
we awoke upon the shore
the sand is made of stars
and you are the North
mend our broken tongues
and let us chew familiar fruit
don us in silk
we've returned- our Turtle Womb
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Fragments
03:49
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i am blooming
from seeds that grew me
i am proving
that I have also made me
i am speaking
through blood that feels
so far away
fragments fold
between two lenses
I am looking in from the outside
I am looking in from the outside
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Residue
02:52
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Navigate through sacrifice
deep-seated in veins and time
roots torn, but beauty shows
what belonged to you, is also mine now
Tired hands, aching bones
Inheritance- armor worn,
Daughters know what they’re holding-
Centuries, stained in motion
Mother tongue lost in childhood
Only left with residue
Honored needs
lost and given out to
hungry mouths, and matriarchy’s virtue
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The Distance Between Us
03:57
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Arms stretched out to receive your kindness
Met with silence, a mind on survival
The distance between us
When harshness surrounds us
If tides do settle, how do we reconcile?
Hold me close to your chest
Teach resilience through your breath
The distance between us
When harshness surrounds us
If tides do settle, how do we reconcile?
If you understand my strength
Do you also know my pain?
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Crumbling landscape sweeps away
Spirits shattered by your name
Cells disperse, we start to fade
Lingering tastes in summer rain
Water cleanse me while I wait
Translucent image softly sways
In the end what will remain?
Lingering tastes in summer rain
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Falling
04:59
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When I’m feeling fine I fear
The feeling won’t hang around for long
I lose a sense of focus
Sometimes it’s like I’m barely holding on
Nothing lasts forever
After all, the stars eventually come down
I keep on fallin, fallin, fallin, fallin, fallin
Fallin down
I unfurl with timidness
It’s hard to trust that you won’t do me wrong
I lose a sense of focus
It’s distance that helps me hold on
Nothing lasts forever
After all, the stars eventually come down
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How will I know I will find my direction
When all I know now, is it all feels uncertain?
I reach for the sun, though I want to take root
I stare into the pool and wonder when I’ll find my truth
How can I be kind while the landscape dissolves
And the weight of the world weighs down on my heart?
I reach for the sun, though I want to take root
I stare into the pool and wonder when I’ll find my truth
I’m unfurling, blooming, proving, creating, I have to keep existing
I’m unfurling, blooming, proving, creating, I have to keep existing
I am speaking through blood that feels so far away…
I am speaking through blood that feels so far away
I’m unfurling, blooming, proving, creating, I have to keep existing
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murayama Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
With me, I carry every star within a constellation. I piece together the fragments our ancestors left behind.
Stories of place and self-hood connected through orchestral soundscape.
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