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How It Works

by Nora and Johann Schlaufe

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So this is what happens when a bunch of creative people spend quarantine in a wonderful place in France together due to Corona Virus: A song and a video about society and conditioning.

Music-Video by Valma & Beatrixé: youtu.be/3YBHjaIJfUE

2020 © Kollektiv eigenklang

thanks to Luana, Umaé, Marina, Shiva, Sylvie, Nordin, Yannic, Oscar and Anwesend project in Pouilly-Sur-Vingeanne, Dijon, France: www.anwesend.fr

lyrics

Do you know the names of those
who once drew those lines,
who once put those stones
and installed lights?

Do you know the names of those
who built the roads
called the cops
dug those holes
and renewed the wounds from time to time?

and said,
it’s always been like that
it’s always been like that.
it’s always been that bad
it’s always been like that.

sweet baby, hush,
shut your eyes
the doors,
that’s how
this works
you wait inside
follow the hand that stabbed you blind

Do you know the names of those
who made those shows
who called us hoes
who own the loans
and taught their kids to be alone?

Do you know the names of those
who sold our land
who sold our flesh
sold our thoughts
mounted flags on the edges of slim coasts?

and said,
it’s always been like that
it’s always been like that.
it’s always been that bad
it’s always been like that.

sweet baby, hush,
shut your eyes
the doors,
that’s how
this works
you wait inside
follow the hand that stabbed you blind

They are where we go and where we don’t
They are what we lack and what we own
our refusing and our hope
they made us promise to die to grow

They are what we say and what we can
They made me girl and made you man
They made up words for us and them
they make us wait alone at night at the red traffic light

You were made my friend
You were made a flock of sheep
and you wait for god to hold your hand.
you were made
to live under a flag you dont need
you were made to wait until somebody comes to lead
you were made to love the one that said
babe, you were made for me
basically
we were made to forget
what we could be instead

credits

released May 15, 2020
Lyrics, Voice & Guitar: Nora
Production: Johann Schlaufe
Master: Peter Power
Tambourin: A Macaca
KaossilatorFX: Malauke

www.kollektiv-eigenklang.com

Video: Valma, Beatrixé & Gonzalo Patalagua

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Johann Schlaufe

Impro-Live-Loop-Artist & DJ
Child of the EigenklangProject.

Producing organic music with voice, loopstation, Ableton and many toys.

Live improvising with the setting and the audience, with a surprising show connecting multiple Genres. ... more

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