Lead With Your Bones

from SOVEREIGN KIN - Book I: The Spark by Ayla Nereo

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If you’re gonna make a battle then say it like it is and lead with your bones
don’t hide behind all the digital cage your name and drain your soul
if you want more life in your life then get your body back to the forest
if you wanna give what you can then get your hands back the soil

We are all wave and particle
spinning round more space than molecule
how can I battle with you if you’re made of the same as me?
if all around me is inside me too then I’d better start looking, diving deep…

If you wanna know why we battle then say it like it is and look to your bones
back to the ones we descend from, memory deep, who fled their homes
if you want more life in your life then get your body down to the river
if you want your hope to be met then walk each step as a life-giver

We are all wave and particle
spinning round more space than molecule
how can I battle with you if you’re made of the same as me?
if all around me is inside me too
then i’d better start looking, diving deep

If you’re gonna make a battle then say it like it is and lead with your bones
don’t hide behind all the digital cage your name and drain your soul
if you want more life in your life then get your body back to the forest
if you wanna give what you can then get your hands back to the soil

We are all… spinning round…
how can I battle with you…
Ko du rashka etiyeh asiyah
Apu rakatana
Apu rakatana…

If you’re gonna make a battle then say it like it is and lead with your bones
look to the roots that you come from, make your peace and find your home
if you want more life in your life then get your body down to the river
if you want your aim to be met then walk each step as a life-giver

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from SOVEREIGN KIN - Book I: The Spark, released September 21, 2023
Written, Composed, Produced, and Performed by Ayla Nereo

Ayla Nereo - Voice, Keys, Harp, Guitar, Shakers and Bones
Vince Cimo - Co-Producer, Recording Engineer, Guitar, Bass, Drums, Keys, Xylophone, and many other tiny instruments
Bria Mackenzie (Diamonde) - Additional production, Recording Engineer
Dan Cimo - Violin

Recorded in San Luis Obispo, CA and Grass Valley, CA

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Ayla Nereo Nevada City, California

Ayla Nereo is a creature of forests and rivers, a bridger of timeless and modern, a musician and poet weaving a magical and emotional world of sonic beauty. Lyrical meditations and riddles of language dance into tapestries of sound, weaving electronic rhythms with celtic melodies and elvin mantras. With an uncanny ability to crack open the heart, here is an ode to the innate wonder of being human. ... more

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