Music

Original Music by Arianna Nakashima.

We wondered what made home underneath,
We would even hold our breath just to see,

We wondered what made home underneath,
We would even hold our breath just to see,

We wondered what made home underneath,
We would even hold our breath just to see.

And it’s her who gives life,
And led cultures to thrive,
And she is the essence that keeps us alive,
So take care of her,
So take care of her.

We built cities on her shorelines,
Retreated to her beaches,
But we don’t always say,
Thank you anymore…

And it’s her who gives life,
And led cultures to thrive,
And she is the essence that keeps us alive,
So take care of her,
So take care of her,
So take care of her,
As the water takes care of you.
Would it make any difference
If I fell out of the sky
And landed on my own two feet
And always wondered why

Would it really save me
If I got up off the ground
To gasp one gulp of oxygen
In this strange world I’d found

You said I should try
And that’s all I can do
Was that why I found myself falling for you

And I don’t know how you do it all I know is I can’t speak
And I swear you must be magic
Cause I don’t know how this could be

You took all of my sadness
But instead of telling a lie
You gave me a smile and twisted it
Into a Pink Butterfly

And I feel the way you gaze into me
Your eyes are the door
To somewhere I have longed to see
But I haven’t been before

You said I should try
And that’s all I can do
Was that why I found myself falling for you

And I don’t know how you do it all I know is I can’t speak
And I swear you must be magic
Cause I don’t know how this could be

No matter how sweet the sunlight
No matter how dark the shadows
I think I can learn to fly again
And baby I found a fire
And the flames were shining in your eyes

But most of all most of all
I saw Pink Butterflies
But most of all most of all
I saw Pink Butterflies
where the water was dark the reflections were clear,
where the ink was the blackest the lights disappeared,
and I slept like a baby, I slept at a height,
that I hadn’t slept on for a many nights,
where the snow was its softest and no light could shine,
you completed the shadow releasing my mind,
and I slept like a flower in morning to bloom,
soothed in the waters, my liquid cocoon,
where the air was so thin in its breathable mist,
in those dark waters I slept like a fish,
blameless and gentle, my poems collide,
into years of resistance dissolving inside,
where the water was dark I felt cool I was calm,
you were killing the fever from under your palm,
and I slept like a baby, those years were released,
of the clutter inside me I slept in defeat…

where the rain was the purest, the deepest of rooms,
I found balance inside me and I couldn’t be moved,
the light and the darkness, I fell into sleep,
where the snow was its softest and I was received,
where the water was dark the reflections were clear,
where the lies grew the thickest the truth had appeared,
cleaned and re-opened in clouds so secure,
in powdery snowflakes, of soft silky fur,
where the water was dark I found comfort somewhere,
where the ink was the blackest and smeared in his hair,
and I slept like a baby, I slept like the fish,
in an ocean forever of gentle blue mist,
blameless and gentle I watch it collide,
all those years of destruction dissolving inside,
and I slept like a baby I slept in your hands,
I slept in the darkness and I understand,
blameless and gentle I’m looking inside,
seeing myself for the very first time.
I think you’ve been looking for treasure
Answers among other things
Digging deep into hearts
In the light in the dark
And you’re still no closer to it

You can paint your idea of perfection
Have collections and trophies to prove
But none of these scars
And these bandaged up hearts
Could ever be something to you…

But why do we come up with all these lies about ourselves?
Well you tell your son, it’s the way it is
Cause it’s the way it always was
So I’ll kneel at the feet of each child that I meet
And pray that our mistakes can be pardoned
And innocence will find its way back home
Back home

I think I was looking for wisdom,
a salve for reclaiming my soul
For a truth we have all but forgotten
But is something we already know
So you grade your idea of potential
Than experiment till you have proof
But what if our scars and our bandaged up hearts
Lead the way to becoming anew?

But why do we come up with all these lies about ourselves?
Well you tell your son, it’s the way it is
Cause it’s the way it always was
So I’ll kneel at the feet of each child that I meet
And pray that our mistakes can be pardoned
And innocence will find its way back home
Back home

And I know I can’t hold it against you anymore
we’re all living the way everybody lived before
And I know I can’t hold it against you anymore
we’re all just living the way everybody lived before

I think you’ve been looking for treasure
Answers among other things
Digging deep into hearts
in the light in the dark
And you’re still no closer to it…

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