King Khan - The Mourning Song

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"This was the second song i ever wrote with my little brother Faiz, who is an amazing doctor that works on fighting tuberculosis and on lung problems that affect Canada's Indigenous peoples.... oh... the song... yeah... we wrote it, my daughters Saba Lou and Amabelle (aka The Awesome Sisters) sing on it AND... its got the fabulous Paula Henderson on saxes and Max Weissenfeldt on drums!!! - King Khan

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i wake up from every mourning
cant help feeling like a pawn
i wonder who will guide me through
yet another breaking dawn
i give a nod to the people
who've lost their lives in war
and ask myself a millionth time
could their lives have been worth more

in slumber we'll find silence
in mourning we'll find peace
and lay to rest what's ailin us
we shall be released

watch the birth of a youngin
see the blood spill on the ground
i wonder if its mother
will stay alive to hear its sound
watch the death of a soldier
by the bullet of his own gun
watch the same blood spillin backwards
tell me what victory has been won

in slumber we'll find silence
in mourning we'll find peace
and lay to rest what's ailin us
we shall be released

Take down all the nooses
wash your guilt away with pride
let humility breed compassion
and think of those who died
at the hands of someones profit
for the luxuries in life
for the holy books that were written
to give purpose to our pride

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from A Song A Day Subscription, track released January 16, 2017
Recorded at Moon Studios, Berlin by A.A. Khan
Mixed and mastered by Nene Barratto at Porc Audio, Berlin

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