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May You Be Held

from May You Be Held by SUMAC

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    Cassette sleeve printed as metallic gold ink letterpressed onto “Insulation Pink” 80- lb paper. Art/design by Aaron Turner, letter press printing by Studio on Fire. SIGE Records 089.
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lyrics

What is to come
and what will be left?
After fires
are swallowed by the floods
Will you
offer balm to the wounded?
Shelter
to those cast from their homes?
Gather together
all those who remain
Shepherd hordes
through fields of dust and bones

In this place
bereft of light
Diamond waters
to blackened tar have turned
And now
through cracking lips are they cursed
as they slake
the thirst of none

Hands that once
cradled and caressed
Peel flesh from the bodies of children
bathed in rubble

Now
A prayer to you
as this has yet to pass:
“May the sun shine
through your hair
May the light dance
in your eyes”

“May your limbs move
through gleaming waves
Your body rest upon the earth
to embrace, part, return
May you be held
in shadow
And in light”
“In laughter
and in silence
May you walk gently
on this path
Borne by courage
and by kindness”

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from May You Be Held, released October 2, 2020

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SUMAC is the powerhouse trio of Aaron Turner (Isis, Old Man Gloom,Mamiffer), Nick Yacyshyn (Baptists), and Brian Cook (Russian Circles, These Arms Are Snakes). SUMAC invests in the recursive exercises of chaos and control, and the results are a testament to the tour-honed collective intuition and technical skills of these veteran players. ... more

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