Waves: Social & Environmental Issues in Indian Country

from Red & Black by Bad Alaskan

/

  • Streaming + Download

    Includes unlimited streaming via the free Bandcamp app, plus high-quality download in MP3, FLAC and more.
    Purchasable with gift card

      $1 USD  or more

     

  • Buy the Full Digital Album

about

Originally written in 2012 on a keyboard in my Haskell dorm room, this song contains several perspectives on suicide, alcohol, climate change, domestic violence, depression & assimilation.

Big thanks to Mike Quillin for finding a vocal melody for the verses.

Tools: Korg Minilogue, Microkorg & Novation Circuit

lyrics

Dear someone I don't know,
Will I speak before I go,
will the words slip from my tongue?

Dear honey, please don't go.
It's just the alcohol, you know,
and by tomorrow I will change.
What can I do to make you stay?

It's been days upon weeks,
and we can't fix our mistakes.
I don't want to lose you,
I don't want to be without,
I don't want to go but
beneath the waves we'll drown.

Dear baby, don't you fall.
Will I be too numb to recall
all the things I done to you?

Dear Pops, you see it right?
Will it be so fast that no one bleeds,
and can't you say the words I need
when I'm in tears every night?

It's been days upon weeks,
and we can't fix our mistakes.
I don't want to lose you,
I don't want to be without,
I don't want to go but
beneath the waves we'll drown.

And elders heal us
mothers heal us
let nature heal us
each other heal...

It's been days upon weeks,
and we can't fix our mistakes.
I don't want to lose you,
I don't want to be without,
I don't want to go but
beneath the waves we'll drown.

credits

from Red & Black, released June 19, 2023

license

all rights reserved

tags

about

Bad Alaskan image

Bad Alaskan Lawrence, Kansas

Artivist (Artist + Activist)

Alaska Native
Black
Portuguese

Music is medicine

contact / help

Contact Bad Alaskan

Streaming and
Download help

Report this track or account

If you like Bad Alaskan, you may also like:

Bandcamp Daily  your guide to the world of Bandcamp

On Bandcamp Radio

Featured guests are the golden-voiced Baby Rose and psyche soulsters Brainstory.
listen now