- [Announcer] Tonight on stage, pick a front row seat for the inspiration connection and joy you've been missing.

In the time of COVID-19, Twin Cities musicians move their performances out of the venue and onto the veranda, showcasing new paths and experimental work outside.

It's part of this special night Pandemic Performances featuring songs by Humbird, Chance York, Lott, Pavielle French, Maria Isa, Gabe Douglas, Scrunchies, Lady Midnight, Mally, Vocalessence Singers of This Age, Cabin of Love.

(upbeat music) (gentle music) - There's been some definite silver linings of being home this long in a global pandemic.

As a independent musician, I spend most of my time on the road, which is such a privilege to do, and also really grueling on your body and sometimes your mental health.

So the last six months sleeping in my own bed is the longest I've been home in a really long time, but I really miss being on the road and seeing people all over the country and hope I can do it again someday soon.

The song I'll be playing today is called "January" and I wrote it on January 3rd, 2020.

I was feeling super optimistic about the year to come.

There was a lot of really exciting things that I was going to be doing that were on the calendar for Humbird and including touring to Europe for the first time and the West Coast, all these new places.

And obviously none of that happened, but I love playing the song because there's this optimism to it that really was completely incorrect, but still powerful.

And yeah, I like singing it 'cause I get a kick out of imagining the hopefulness of that person who wrote it at the beginning of this year and who the person I am now is really different but the song still resonates so that's part of why I liked playing it.

Hope it resonates for other people too.

(acoustic guitar music) ("January") ♪ Another year for the ♪ hopeless dreamers ♪ ♪ Stepping across ♪ the Milky Way ♪ ♪ Like a stones in a river ♪ ♪ City was frozen ♪ so we went north ♪ ♪ January came in the night ♪ like a woman scorned ♪ ♪ We welcomed her in with ♪ a fire in the forest ♪ ♪ So stay a while ♪ ♪ Warm your hands ♪ ♪ We're all on our way ♪ ♪ To coming around again ♪ ♪ Coming around again ♪ ♪ Flower curtains ♪ in a yellow room ♪ ♪ Trees stand naked ♪ in a sky set loose ♪ ♪ Eating breakfast in bed ♪ ♪ Breaking all the rules ♪ ♪ The future came ♪ with the new year ♪ ♪ Stars in the ♪ rear view mirror ♪ ♪ It's all come to pass ♪ ♪ We're just standing here ♪ ♪ So stay a while ♪ ♪ Warm your hands ♪ ♪ We're all on our way ♪ ♪ To coming around again ♪ ♪ Coming around again ♪ ♪ Coming around again ♪ (acoustic guitar music) ♪ Was a heart break ♪ of blood soak ♪ ♪ When the river ran red ♪ I new we could not float ♪ ♪ I walk with you through ♪ the great divide ♪ ♪ Still I'm yours ♪ from the other side ♪ ♪ Oh how the tall ♪ grass reaches wide ♪ ♪ Ghost of the ♪ buffalo passing by ♪ ♪ Lincoln, how will ♪ your country die ♪ ♪ Rain falls hard ♪ from an open sky ♪ ♪ It's been a long walk ♪ ♪ I'll go one step further ♪ ♪ Don't hate the view ♪ from the ground up ♪ ♪ Can we build again ♪ from the sound of ♪ ♪ The truth, the ♪ truth, the truth ♪ ♪ The truth, the ♪ truth, the truth ♪ ♪ Oh how the tall ♪ grass reaches wide ♪ ♪ Ghost of the ♪ buffalo passing by ♪ ♪ Lincoln, how will ♪ your country die ♪ ♪ Rain falls hard ♪ from an open sky ♪ (gentle music) - Challenges of being a musician during the pandemic is mostly the social aspect of it.

The feeling that you have in front of a large crowd where you get to interact and like just get that energy and, you know, be close to people.

I most definitely look forward to the days when live shows come back.

Currently, I do a lot of work in the field of mindfulness, yoga, self healing, education of understanding your relationship with yourself, virtual classes, Zoom, all that stuff has been, you know, very clutch in my own survival, but also led me to step deeper into my purpose.

So yeah, the struggles of the pandemic led me to a much better place.

The song I'm performing is called "Float Tank" that came off an album that Big Cats and I, shout out Big Cats.

He and I made a project called "Deep Dark Hope."

I chose this song because it really still resonates with everything that I'm about as a musician and a wellness instructor, really an affirmation or a reminder that with practice you can control the way that you perceive the world, the way that you interact with your body, the way that you interact with your emotions, really ultimately that you are the creator of your own story.

(beat music) ("Float Tank") ♪ Get it ♪ ♪ Big shout out to my ♪ wild flower garden ♪ ♪ Check it out ♪ ♪ Don't think, don't think ♪ ♪ That's the whole thing ♪ ♪ No sense in the float tank ♪ ♪ No senses in the float tank ♪ ♪ Hope fades in the cold drink ♪ ♪ Hope team got the propane ♪ ♪ Whole scene on the cocaine ♪ ♪ I'm feeling the same ♪ way in my grown age ♪ ♪ But everything in moderation ♪ ♪ Need my highs once sustained ♪ ♪ Need my life for today ♪ ♪ Read the lines on the page ♪ ♪ Leave my life on the stage ♪ ♪ No rewinds how I play ♪ ♪ Playing with the ♪ edges of a plate ♪ ♪ Echo with these energies ♪ ♪ And even end up ♪ with a scrape ♪ ♪ You know I've always ♪ been different ♪ ♪ Because I never ♪ played it safe ♪ ♪ I ain't really made at you ♪ ♪ I know you dealing ♪ with your pain ♪ ♪ Ooh ♪ ♪ Time will tell ♪ ♪ Ooh ♪ ♪ Time will tell ♪ ♪ Oh ♪ ♪ Time will tell on you ♪ ♪ Time will tell on you ♪ ♪ Oh ♪ ♪ Oh, yeah ♪ ♪ All these other ♪ people could be ♪ ♪ someone to believe in now ♪ ♪ Float tank ♪ ♪ And I wish you well ♪ when no one else around ♪ ♪ Get a chance to tell ♪ what I'm feeling ♪ ♪ Was it all for nothing ♪ ♪ Did they cause ♪ the trust issues ♪ ♪ It was not a question ♪ ♪ If I caught you bluffing ♪ it was if I still with you ♪ ♪ Not up to me what you ♪ do with your talent ♪ ♪ So sick in your talent ♪ it's easy to see ♪ ♪ It's not easy to sleep with ♪ the things you've been doing ♪ ♪ To prove that you're savage ♪ ♪ Ooh ♪ ♪ Time will tell ♪ ♪ Ooh ♪ ♪ Time will tell ♪ ♪ Ah ♪ ♪ Time will tell on you ♪ ♪ Time will tell on you ♪ ♪ Oh ♪ (gentle music) - Shout out Big Cats.

Whole album is beautiful, check it out.

"Deep Dark Hope," here we go.

♪ Same bang, I tell all ya ♪ ♪ I just do it 'cause ♪ I love the practice ♪ ♪ 'Cause what is each day ♪ besides another obstacle ♪ ♪ Costumes, actors and ♪ actresses, take up all my time ♪ ♪ Put that on the side ♪ ♪ Drowning on my pride 'cause ♪ nothing's ever promised ♪ ♪ I got to work ♪ ♪ Look around, forgot ♪ how far I've come ♪ ♪ Not slipping on ♪ the thin ice stuff ♪ ♪ Let me light this up ♪ ♪ Forgive me if I drift away ♪ ♪ Matter fact, I never ♪ needed your forgiveness ♪ ♪ I wasn't fit to stay ♪ ♪ I was built this way ♪ ♪ You are too solid ♪ gold in the center ♪ ♪ You got to lift the clay ♪ ♪ It's okay 'cause I could ♪ celebrate for six whole days ♪ ♪ Some like whatever ♪ let the wrist rotate ♪ ♪ 'Cause I am my own dope ♪ ♪ I make my own work ♪ ♪ I am my own dope ♪ ♪ I make my own work ♪ ♪ I am my own dope ♪ ♪ I make my own work, yeah ♪ ♪ I am my own dope ♪ ♪ Yeah, yeah ♪ ♪ Let it breathe for a ♪ second then I'm back now ♪ ♪ Big Cats splash the ♪ color on the background ♪ ♪ I'm a man of color and ♪ familiar with a pat down ♪ ♪ When you get on dope the ♪ system try to crack down ♪ ♪ Weight on my shoulders ♪ ♪ I'm out here trying ♪ to stretch my back out ♪ ♪ From my whole life trying ♪ to live upon the cash ♪ ♪ Probably sell you a hole, ♪ then they sell the roll ♪ ♪ Of the cat style, ♪ that would make me ♪ ♪ Just want to laugh out loud ♪ ♪ All I have to pay ♪ is my attention ♪ ♪ Consider all the privilege ♪ if I give it to you ♪ ♪ 'Cause all you're really ♪ worth is your attention ♪ ♪ Hold it in your mind ♪ ♪ And the world gonna ♪ bring it to you ♪ ♪ That's all I'm really saying ♪ ♪ Is to value your attention ♪ ♪ Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah ♪ ♪ And that I value ♪ your attention, huh ♪ ♪ I am my own dope ♪ ♪ I make my own work ♪ ♪ I am my own dope ♪ ♪ I make my own work, ha ♪ ♪ yeah ♪ (gentle music) - When the pandemic first hit, I was really motivated to write new material just because I was getting bored of my own old stuff.

I'm a performer at heart, freelancer, so to gigs have been far and few between.

Fortunately there's a lot of online stuff that's happened, but I just miss performing in front of audiences so that's been a challenge.

Like the mental health of it all already being an artist, it's like, it's a very internal thing and so to not be able to interact with people and other humans as much and perform together or just socialize, it's been difficult.

So one of the songs I'm playing today came from that first initial lockdown in March.

(gentle music) (strings music) ♪ Would do really ♪ leave at night ♪ ♪ And see it go ♪ through the floor ♪ ♪ Set pages to the side ♪ ♪ Walk softly, walk softly ♪ ♪ Creaking floors ♪ and sliding doors ♪ ♪ Calculated in the dark ♪ ♪ Calculated in the dark ♪ ♪ Checking in on the scene now ♪ ♪ Checking out the ♪ golden ground ♪ ♪ For you speak loudly ♪ ♪ Don't they think, mm ♪ ♪ Maybe you've been ♪ hiding too long ♪ ♪ Three days mind games ♪ ♪ Did you miss a cue ♪ ♪ Or were you blinded by the ♪ coup obstructing your view ♪ ♪ Validation in the dark ♪ ♪ Caption the resident ♪ ♪ Forget what they ♪ said to me, mm ♪ ♪ You speak loudly ♪ don't they think, mm ♪ ♪ Would you really ♪ leave at night ♪ ♪ And see it go ♪ through the floor ♪ ♪ Set pages to the side ♪ ♪ Walk softly, walk softly ♪ ♪ Creaking floors ♪ and sliding doors ♪ (gentle music) (strings music) ♪ Truth be told I will never ♪ know what you said that night ♪ ♪ From your rise beautiful ♪ light I think I know ♪ ♪ Think I know ♪ ♪ Ooh ♪ ♪ Take it back ♪ ♪ Dry your eyes ♪ through the past ♪ ♪ Wretched man say a ♪ little prayer for us all ♪ ♪ Wait with this now ♪ ♪ Wait with this now ♪ ♪ Soon they will find ♪ ♪ What they are looking for ♪ ♪ Time will be around ♪ ♪ And you will find ♪ peace of mind ♪ ♪ Please don't wait ♪ up for me tonight ♪ ♪ Don't wait up for me tonight ♪ ♪ Sudden change I can't ♪ explain with you ♪ (violin music) ♪ Time will be around ♪ ♪ And you will find ♪ peace of mind ♪ ♪ Please don't wait ♪ up for me tonight ♪ ♪ Don't wait up for me tonight ♪ ♪ You know it's right ♪ ♪ Sudden change ♪ I can't explain ♪ ♪ Say those words ♪ ♪ Soon they'll be found ♪ ♪ Whisper of life ♪ ♪ They'll say those words ♪ ♪ Ah ♪ - Living amongst the uncertainty, I still really feel okay.

You know, I really feel good.

I can't sit in here and feel like all is lost because then I'll set my momentum that way.

(gentle music) Take care of yourself in the deepest of ways and have a lot of empathy for not only yourself, but everybody out here and understand that patience is key.

♪ Yay ♪ It's the empathy.

Like we gotta be high on that right now.

And love is love and that's the only third way.

♪ Ooh, yeah ♪ ♪ Oh, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah ♪ ♪ Hey ♪ ♪ I am beautiful ♪ ♪ I have it all ♪ ♪ And I am regal ♪ ♪ I'm standing tall ♪ ♪ And can't nobody ♪ ♪ Say it differently ♪ ♪ 'Cause me being me ♪ is revolutionary ♪ ♪ I'm a woman ♪ ♪ Every facet ♪ ♪ And I am a rebel, rebel ♪ in my blackness, yes ♪ ♪ And I will strive ♪ for our unity ♪ ♪ 'Cause me being me ♪ is revolutionary ♪ ♪ Me being me is revolutionary ♪ ♪ Me being me is revolutionary ♪ ♪ Me being me is ♪ revolutionary, yeah ♪ ♪ Now, I'm an artist ♪ ♪ I paint with my soul ♪ ♪ I pour my heart out ♪ ♪ I let my feelings flow ♪ ♪ 'Cause that's the only way ♪ ♪ That I'll get free ♪ ♪ Well, 'cause me being ♪ me is revolutionary, yes ♪ ♪ Pray for ♪ ♪ Pray for we ♪ ♪ That are speaking and fighting ♪ out here in the streets ♪ ♪ May no weapon formed ♪ prosper against we ♪ ♪ Because me being ♪ me is revolutionary ♪ ♪ Me being me is revolutionary ♪ ♪ We being we is revolutionary ♪ ♪ Hey, come on now ♪ ♪ We being we is revolutionary, ♪ yeah, yeah, yeah ♪ ♪ Me being me, me being me ♪ is revolutionary, come on ♪ ♪ Me being me, me being ♪ me is revolutionary, yes ♪ ♪ We being we, we being we ♪ is revolutionary, yeah ♪ ♪ We being we, we being ♪ we is revolutionary, yes ♪ Take one day at a time and give yourself grace.

We will work out way back like we worked our way back through other things.

(gentle music) - During this pandemic, the positive side has been spending time with my daughter and getting inspired by my family, but also networking and utilizing technology that I may have not been traveling to these countries before to perform, but I am now through this virtual world and folks have been supporting my work and I'm very honored about that.

And locally here, you know, you find your ways in different ventures.

I've created a coffee cart with a team of folks of crew from my band members to, you know, to different artists and organization members in the cities that are trying to keep it moving and have conversations with folks that are dealing with this pandemic and still be able to help the Island of Puerto Rico because that is very meaningful to my work and hurricane relief and redevelopment.

The song that I'm singing today is called (speaking in foreign language) It means I am going with you.

I wrote this song during the pandemic.

I recorded this song during the pandemic and it includes a majority of Latin American countries because I was supposed to go on a Latin American tour, my first Latin American tour as a McKnight Fellow and unfortunately we're all caught up and frozen with a pandemic, so instead of whining and pouting and feeling bad about it, it's like, you know, music still lives and you can travel through your music and still connect with those countries.

(upbeat music) (singing in foreign language) (drum music) (singing in foreign language) (drum music) (gentle music) ♪ Don't let the cloudy ♪ days cover up your life ♪ ♪ 'Cause what you ♪ give the world ♪ ♪ Shines so bright ♪ ♪ Ride up in the ♪ stars up in the sky ♪ ♪ All I wanna do ♪ ♪ Is whatever's gonna ♪ make you smile ♪ ♪ 'Cause it can't ♪ go on forever ♪ ♪ I promise we can ♪ make it better ♪ ♪ As long as we're together ♪ ♪ It'll be okay, ♪ it'll be all right ♪ ♪ It'll be okay ♪ ♪ Just make it through the day ♪ ♪ I don't wanna see you cry ♪ ♪ I just wanna hold you tight ♪ ♪ It'll be okay, all right ♪ ♪ I just wanna ♪ live my best life ♪ ♪ With you by my side ♪ ♪ With you by my side ♪ ♪ With you by my side, yeah ♪ ♪ When the goals seem ♪ too far away to reach ♪ ♪ Anything's worth fighting ♪ for, baby believe ♪ ♪ 'Cause we're awake right ♪ now living this dream ♪ ♪ I don't wanna lose ♪ your trust in me ♪ ♪ 'Cause it can't ♪ go on forever ♪ ♪ I promise we can ♪ make it better ♪ ♪ As long as we're together ♪ ♪ It'll be okay, ♪ it'll be all right ♪ ♪ I'll be okay ♪ ♪ Make it through the day ♪ ♪ I don't wanna see you cry ♪ ♪ I just wanna hold you tight ♪ ♪ It'll be okay, all right ♪ ♪ I just wanna ♪ live my best life ♪ ♪ With you by my side ♪ ♪ With you by my side ♪ ♪ With you by my ♪ side, yeah, yeah ♪ ♪ With you by my side ♪ (acoustic guitar music) - This stay at home hasn't brought a ton of new songs but it has given me a time to dive into the voice memos and the notes columns of a phone and in the notebooks, the diamonds in the rough, if you will.

There's been a lot of mining, lots of time to mine right now, which isn't a bad thing.

Anybody who's creative or anybody who wants to be inspired, don't be nice to be good, be great.

I'm trying to utilize a lot of my privilege and stuff to help others and I'm learning every day.

This is the time where you get to find your greatness.

(acoustic guitar music) ♪ Got a nickname for ♪ them to the phone ♪ ♪ But couldn't put it ♪ right away in time ♪ ♪ Here's a kid comes with ♪ a permanent address ♪ ♪ But to me it never ♪ really put amend ♪ ♪ Though I probably didn't ♪ know them till they were gone ♪ ♪ I wanted to call them home ♪ ♪ You have a family, no doubt ♪ ♪ Just remember I ♪ still question ♪ ♪ We could find some good ♪ in what we already find ♪ ♪ In what we already know ♪ ♪ We've always known now ♪ ♪ Wanted to call her home ♪ ♪ Oh I have wanted ♪ to call them home ♪ ♪ To be sure she wanted ♪ to know I was there ♪ ♪ And do what she do with ♪ ♪ 'Cause I saw the options ♪ to come back to roost ♪ ♪ Yeah you know we did ♪ not date so we took back ♪ ♪ Is enough, us is ♪ enough, us is enough ♪ ♪ Us is enough, us is ♪ enough, us is enough ♪ ♪ To call somebody home ♪ ♪ To call somebody home ♪ ♪ To call them home ♪ (upbeat music) - Challenges of being a musician during a pandemic, I feel like I am almost bursting at the seams with creativity because I feel like I need to be doing something.

And what I've really realized during this time is that I can take those feelings and instead of turning them into, you know, something that is a creative project but that might be inherently self-serving, to sort of look at my community and say like, okay, we're also not only in a pandemic, but we're in the midst of like a really huge social uprising.

And we can't look at things the way that we normally did before because things aren't going to be normal and they shouldn't be normal, they shouldn't be going back to the way things were.

We should be looking at, you know, how can we use our strengths, our creativity to better the world that we live in.

The song that we're performing is called "Feral Coast."

It is the final song off of our upcoming sophomore album also called "Feral Coast."

We are going to be playing a stripped down version.

It's different, but it's good, it's fun.

(rock music) ("Feral Coast") ♪ So you've got a body ♪ like a feral coast ♪ ♪ You pull me underwater ♪ ♪ You, you bring me ♪ ghosts if you can ♪ ♪ Catch me you could ♪ ♪ Show me you would ♪ ♪ Need that where we're going ♪ ♪ La, la, la, la ♪ ♪ La, la, la, la, la, la ♪ ♪ So you want tough ♪ love for a tough lover ♪ ♪ Zero visibility ♪ ♪ Your eyes glaze over, you ♪ can't catch me you could ♪ ♪ Should me you would ♪ ♪ Need that where we're going ♪ ♪ La, la, la, la ♪ ♪ La, la, la, la, la, la ♪ ♪ So you've got a body ♪ like a feral coast ♪ ♪ You pull me underwater ♪ ♪ You, you bring ghosts if ♪ you could catch me you could ♪ ♪ Show me you would ♪ ♪ Need that where we're going ♪ ♪ And trouble hiding ♪ in the transaction ♪ ♪ Cold hands, you hold me ♪ ♪ A bad reaction you ♪ could catch me you could ♪ ♪ Like me you would ♪ ♪ You're dissolving, ♪ dissolving, dissolving ♪ ♪ It's like catching ♪ a rare insect ♪ ♪ This things hover ♪ but never last ♪ ♪ A dark dream, stay ♪ to wash me out ♪ ♪ Pin down, deserving ♪ or watch me walk out ♪ ♪ Walk out ♪ ♪ Walk out ♪ ♪ Walk out ♪ (upbeat music) ♪ Walk me to the ♪ ocean in Wichita ♪ ♪ Better than you ♪ found me pretty ♪ ♪ Who lives all the dripping ♪ question to the palm ♪ ♪ Wreckage of your danger ♪ eyes, danger eyes ♪ ♪ Urban water ♪ ♪ Urban water ♪ ♪ (indistinct) ♪ ♪ Walking down, down, down ♪ ♪ Urban water ♪ ♪ Urban water ♪ ♪ Water, water ♪ ♪ Closer, close ♪ ♪ Put me to the ♪ ocean in Wichita ♪ ♪ Better than you found me ♪ ♪ (indistinct) ♪ ♪ Wreckage of your danger ♪ eyes, danger eyes ♪ - I'm Lady Midnight and we are standing in front of (speaking in foreign language) mural which was an event in 1979 that brought a bunch of Chicano people and artists together.

My mother was one of the singers who sang at this event.

And I want to honor her by saying a song that she's saying called (speaking in foreign language).

(singing in foreign language) ♪ This is my blood song ♪ for all of my loved ones ♪ ♪ Bodies that I come from, ♪ raised this one for you.

♪ ♪ This is my blood song ♪ for all of my loved ones ♪ ♪ Bodies that I've come from, ♪ raise this one for you ♪ ♪ From the South and the ♪ further South coast ♪ ♪ Medicine men and queens ♪ (singing in foreign language) ♪ Remarkable rest supreme ♪ ♪ Ooh ♪ ♪ Oh, yeah ♪ (singing in foreign language) ♪ From the quiet streams ♪ and average heights ♪ ♪ Came from great ♪ eruptions from the sky ♪ ♪ We are all tradition ♪ rooted parts ♪ ♪ From divine direction ♪ guiding stars ♪ ♪ I raised this one for you ♪ ♪ Body, I raised ♪ this one for you ♪ ♪ Soul, I raised ♪ this one for you ♪ ♪ Body, I raised ♪ this one for you ♪ ♪ Soul ♪ (singing in foreign language) ♪ I raised this one for you ♪ - Who am I little guy not known for losing, got every non-believer screaming out their hallelujahs.

I'm making art for the living 'cause the dead can't do what I've wrapped the circle around these dummies.

That's my revolution.

We still bouncing.

Attitude is 1,000 arteries drowning from hard liquor, hard lounge and catching flights all year.

The rest is walking.

I make the deaf want to hear me out when I'm talking I'm good money, all in, you ain't got to count it.

I'm a crash a really good parties where no one now said, you got to know why I got a heart of gold.

Take that it can't be bought.

And it can't be sold, not that you know, why come from a town where whites, blacks, browns equals round head.

You see the door, leave their crowns there.

Money don't amount here just dead faces.

Black leaves, black Jordans with the red laces.

Oh yes.

I'm so blessed.

And I'm so good.

I rock Nike sweats.

I don't dress Hollywood.

So refreshed since I had a couple minutes I could rest with a destiny that's promised and a pigment that's a threat oh yes.

(gentle music) ♪ Four simple words ♪ we sing today ♪ ♪ With these four words ♪ ♪ We are to take ♪ ♪ And take to heart ♪ ♪ This sweet rephrase ♪ ♪ More love, less hate ♪ ♪ It seems so easy ♪ on the stage ♪ ♪ Four words to heal ♪ the human race ♪ ♪ And yet we struggle to relay ♪ ♪ More love, less hate ♪ ♪ More love, less hate ♪ ♪ More love we stand ♪ ♪ More love in this land ♪ ♪ Will you join ♪ or take my hand ♪ ♪ More love, less hate ♪ ♪ (indistinct) ♪ ♪ More love, less hate ♪ ♪ Just as the night ♪ gives way to dark ♪ ♪ Justice shines forth ♪ before too long ♪ ♪ Until the day ♪ we will sing on ♪ ♪ More love, less hate ♪ ♪ More love, less hate ♪ ♪ More love we stand ♪ ♪ More love in this land ♪ ♪ Will you join ♪ or take my hand ♪ ♪ More love, less hate ♪ ♪ More love we stand ♪ ♪ More love in this land ♪ ♪ Will you join ♪ or take my hand ♪ ♪ More love, yes love ♪ ♪ More love, less hate ♪ ♪ More love ♪ ♪ More love ♪ ♪ More love ♪ ♪ More love ♪ ♪ More love ♪ ♪ More love ♪ ♪ More love ♪ ♪ More love ♪ ♪ Sun's streaming in ♪ and I'm feeling fine ♪ ♪ At the same time ♪ I feel like crying ♪ ♪ It's not like I'm lonely ♪ ♪ I don't mind the quiet ♪ ♪ Not nearly sick or dying ♪ ♪ I'm just holding a ♪ slowly exploding bomb ♪ ♪ It's gonna to get bad ♪ before it gets worse ♪ ♪ This is the way of all flesh ♪ ♪ It's not like it's a secret ♪ ♪ It's just, we've been busy ♪ ♪ Now we've been ♪ forced to rest ♪ ♪ With this old and ♪ slowly exploding bomb ♪ ♪ Sun going down, so beautiful ♪ ♪ Why do we fear the end ♪ ♪ It's nothing I want ♪ more then to be ♪ ♪ Right here right now amen ♪ ♪ Need this golden ♪ slowly exploding bomb ♪ ♪ Tomorrow I rise ♪ just like today ♪ ♪ Everything will have changed ♪ ♪ And I won't notice ♪ if I don't care ♪ ♪ And I if I care ♪ I'm just chained ♪ ♪ To this cold and ♪ slowly exploding bomb ♪ ♪ So take heart my dear ones ♪ ♪ Take courage my love ♪ ♪ It's hard and it ♪ hurts and it's real ♪ ♪ Everything matters and ♪ everything breathes ♪ ♪ And we're not as ♪ a lone as we feel ♪ ♪ We're all falling into ♪ this moment together ♪ ♪ And this bomb is a sea ♪ waiting for the right weather ♪ ♪ To bring open with ♪ life like we have ♪ ♪ Oh the height and ♪ the depth of love ♪ (gentle music) - [Announcer] Stage is made possible by the Arts and Cultural Heritage Fund, the citizens of Minnesota, and by viewers like you.

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