Name: Blankets and Stones
Duration: P00H04M01S
Description: A Metaphorical look at the treaties.

Blankets and Stones

from Ghost Bones by Phyllis Sinclair

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A Metaphorical look at the treaties.

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Another one gone, another walks free
One mother cries, “how can this be?”
No recompense for her star blanket son
Taken at the hand of everyone

Bang, bang, blanket and stones
No redemption when a blindfold has holes
Cover up the stain with gavels and robes
Forgive the doubt in your soul
Weigh it down in blankets and stones

River runs deep, one turns to go
Leaving one there sinking below
High cheek bone smile, put out in the night
No one has paid, can this be right?

Bang, bang, blanket and stones
No redemption when a blindfold has holes
Cover up the stain with gavels and robes
Forgive the doubt in your s-o-u-l
Weigh it down in blankets and stones

 Weigh it down, weight it down in you soul
Weigh it down, weight it down in you soul

Your child and mine, ours to defend
Children of life, of innocence

Bang, bang, blankets and stones
No redemption when a blindfold has holes
Cover up the stain in gavels and robes
Forgive the doubt in your soul
Weigh it down in blankets and stones
In blankets and stones
In blankets and stones
In blankets and stones
In blankets and stones

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from Ghost Bones, track released June 21, 2021

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Phyllis Sinclair Edmonton, Alberta

Distinguished by Maverick Magazine as a "A Lady of Conviction" singer-songwriter, Phyllis Sinclair taps on the conscience of the established ethos to flag distinctions and inequities under a brilliant banner of song. With seraphic vocals she charmingly disarms, soliciting a self-imposed metamorphosis to transform old ways of thinking into new possibilities. ... more

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