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The Love That Still Lives Here

by Eden Iris

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The song started out as a poem which I wrote on a red-eye flight from Los Angeles to Auckland, New Zealand. I was going home to visit my family. I was also flying out just two days after the Christchurch Mosque Shootings, the tragedy which shook our nation and the rest of the world. The ride over was incredibly sombre. I remember looking out the tiny cabin window and seeing the most beautiful clouds. And then somewhere over the Pacific Ocean, I was struck by an overwhelming feeling of grief. So I wrote the poem on the final descent down into South Auckland, just to process everything, and then put it to music later on when I returned to California. On that visit, I remember being deeply moved by the love and compassion that was expressed by everyone. It truly made me proud to be from Aotearoa.

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Floating through a bed of cloud
I sit with this grief
Although I will never understand it
And every demon has it’s teeth
I can hear the guns singing
and it echos in my ears
Tell myself not to take cover
in this apathy and fear

Look up, be strong
the world is beautiful from here
but you can’t forget where you came from
Look down, you belong
to the love that still lives here
it’s time to face the fear and take your song

There were many other colors
But we descended through the blue
And I saw my sister waving
But there was nothing I could do

Look up, be strong
the world is beautiful from here
but you can’t forget where you came from
Look down, you belong
to the love that still lives here
it’s time to face the fear and take your song

credits

released February 28, 2020
Written by Eden Iris Spence, Produced by Eden Iris Spence and Chris Caden, Engineered by Eden Iris Spence, Mixed by Chris Caden, Mastered by Dave Donnoly at DNA Mastering, Burbank, CA.

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Eden Iris Los Angeles, California

Eden Iris is an indie-folk artist from Aotearoa, New Zealand. After living in Los Angeles, California for 8 years, she has recently moved back to Auckland, NZ where she writes and produces records out of her home studio. Her biggest influences include Kate Bush, Tori Amos, and Joni Mitchell. ... more

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