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Heart's Eye

by Rene A. Chavez

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Song and artwork were inspired by the painful but necessary social upheavals we're experiencing across this country. Learn to uplift those in need as you climb. Black lives matter.

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You and me, every time that we breathe
Should hold it in & make the air worth the squeeze
Our hands aloft with balled fists cracking the air
And voices hard to split their ears

Would any type of truth do to them what it’s done for me?

Disdain, the front page and liquor stains
Scroll along to find a cleaner window pane
And whose pain counts? Yes, they never ignore
But will the smoke open their eyes--

--Or block the door and scream “your affirmations here are King”
Would any type of truth do to them what it’s done for me?

Ire & empathy are hypergolic, put them in the streets and watch them start it
Insurrection is a wildflower, its seeds will lead
Turn it over and burn it under me

Pour your heart’s eye into mine, I’ll learn to lift you as I climb

You & me, we’re heat and lines in the street
We’re busted lips, the flash that keeps us on our feet
Our unison tongues put cracks in the shields
The breathless breathe, the voiceless fight--

--It’s every single night til bitter wounds begin to heal
Would any type of truth do to you what it’s done for me?

Ire & empathy are hypergolic, put them in the streets and watch them start it
Insurrection is a wildflower, its seeds will lead
Turn it over and burn it under me

Pour your heart’s eye into mine, I’ll learn to lift you as I climb

credits

released July 29, 2020
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written, arranged, and performed by Rene A. Chavez (BMI)
bass, additional programming, and additional vocals by Dylan Fischer
co-engineered by Rene Chavez & Dylan Fischer
produced by Dylan Fischer
mixed and mastered by Dylan Fischer

Artwork (painting): Annie McCall

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Rene A. Chavez Austin, Texas

Solo & collaborative works from Rene A. Chavez.

Chavez is a writer, performer, music producer, and independent artist in Austin.

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