Name: We Don't Bow
Duration: P00H06M35S
Description: Is this Totem?! Wait yes, its still Totem. Comin' atcha with a knuckleball from left field. Not the usual tribal midtempo you might be used to. This track is the first of a series of songs that are an experiment in voice, motif, analog and the unknown.

We Don't Bow

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Is this Totem?! Wait yes, its still Totem. Comin' atcha with a knuckleball from left field. Not the usual tribal midtempo you might be used to. This track is the first of a series of songs that are an experiment in voice, motif, analog and the unknown.

lyrics

Lyrics:
A billion lives I've lived
A million times I've watched the sunset in your eyes
So what more must I give?
To set us free, in a new story and to let us be
So now I sing

I sat an watched atop the earth as it was born
I was there when you were made
I am older than the sun, the sky, the night
I am the moonlight on your face

You can see it in your mind, you can see it in the eyes of a newborn child.
You can feel it in the pulse of the earth, you can see it in the eagle as she flies on high
Can you feel it in the roll of the thunder?
Can you feel it in the dead of night?
If you can't, you may never know.

Said, Hey ya ya ya
The sun must shine as it does on you
Said Hey ya ya ya
Were never the same no matter what we do

Chorus:
We don't bow to the people who holdin' out
We don't bend to those that bleed
It comes down to the moment of life and death
Because your eating what you feed
If you know what you must do, you gotta stand up for what you believe
Go and read the writing on the wall
Because your reaping what you weave

Have you thought about the future generations delicate balancing of life
We cannot forsake the land that will feed them pushing out of mind out of sight
To give life to the Mother of the Earth is to give light to a blind eye
For the land I will stand and defend, I am praying unto the most High.
x2

Chorus

We gotta rise up and we gotta dig deep
We gotta feel the ground that underneath our feet c'mon
X4

Said, hey the veil be thinning everyday so we can't give up.
x4

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released April 25, 2019
Composed, Mixed and Mastered by Totem

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Totem Boulder, Colorado

Established in Summer 2015, Totem is the solo project of Boulder based producer, Phoenix Clay Michael. Phoenix has been playing eastern-style instrumentation for over a decade(tabla, doumbek, darbuki, didgeridoo, ric, native flute etc). With Totem, Phoenix explores the digital domain with rich melodies, psychedelic synths, and exotic instrumentation.

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