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One Million Children

from Nylon Man by Aaron Liddard

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Soul jazz, spoken word, rap

Political anti-corruption song. Episodic and unpredictable performance about the sins of the world being viewed through the eyes of the youth, and of a temple in Thailand in which one million school children gather once a year to meditate for world peace.

lyrics

One Million Children

We are watching you
We are hearing you
When we feel for you
Love is all around
When we pray for you
Meditate for you
Move our hearts as one
Peace is all around

We are watching you
We are hearing you
When we feel for you
Love is all a..
Peace is a..
Love is all around

Crush us into tiny spaces
Sweat is pouring off our faces
Jam us into fear and hating
Noses twitching hesitating
Block out people who don’t fit
Our self image can’t cope with shit
Building walls and concrete fences
Electrifying differences
Hiding beyond our compound eyes
Fragment the world and fabricate disguise
Our fear, convinced we all are victims here
Empowering ourselves with poppy tinted spectacles
Can we teach ourselves to see beyond our selfie sticks?
Can we huff and puff and blow down our house built of prejudice bricks?
Can we rise? Can we rise? Can we rise?
Can we shed the scales for our eyes?
Can we surprise our hearts and ambush our pride?
Yes

One million
One million
One million
One million

Yes to truth that isn’t certain
Yes the words that twitch the curtains
Yes to lies that express love unsaid
Yes to fictions that comfort the living and mask the dead
Yes to flattery that brings blushes to old women’s cheeks
Yes to paints and powders, body shapers and wigs that hide widows peaks
Yes to confection, decoration, perfume and cherry lip gloss
Yes to fluffy handcuffs and bad prose
Yes to misuse of dental floss
Yes to imperfection and best guess measurements that lead to breakthroughs
Yes to the ozone molecules that tell us the black light of space is blue
Yes to stories that fill hearts and stop us thinking of our empty bellies
Yes to lies we knit using patterns we improvise, cross stitching yarns,
warping waves and particles, weaving paradoxes with every breath

One million
One million
One million
Children

We are watching you
We are hearing you
When we feel for you
Love is all around
When we pray for you
Meditate for you
Move our hearts as one
Peace is all around
- (rpt) -
We are watching you
We are hearing you
When we feel for you
Love is all around
When we pray for you
Meditate for you
Move our hearts as one
Love is all a
Peace is all a
Love is all around

credits

from Nylon Man, released October 7, 2022
12. One Million Children
(Liddard / Lee French)

Segun Lee French voice
Giulia Marelli voice & hand claps

Aaron Liddard saxophone, keys & hand claps
Harry Greene guitar& hand claps
Paul Michael bass
Eric Young percussion
Jimmy Norden drums & hand claps

Nikolaj Bjerre recording
Tim Bazell mix & producer
Aaron Liddard producer
Tim Debney master

Recorded at Havis House Recordings

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Aaron Liddard London, UK

Aaron Liddard is a saxophonist and composer based in London. His music encompasses jazz, funk and world music.

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