Chris Darby Trio: 2018 NPR Tiny Desk Contest Submission

Lyrics: Come with me in absolution, we may not come back from this We are the fires stoked for so long, we will not extinguish In the twilight I found you, through the daybreak we ran Through this world as it is, as it was, it has begun The fires smoldered quietly, in the moonlight there they were Everyday more beautiful, everyday more pure No one ever thought we’d make it here through everything we did But here we are you and I, here we are, just kids 30 years of contradiction follows us in every step 30 years of contradiction cannot help but have effect Every day I saw you in me as this anger swam and stirred Every day there was this moment when I finally felt that I was heard Love me in this bitter water, love me on this bitter day But don’t come looking for me brother, this commission cannot wait No one ever thought we’d make it out of everything we did But here we are you and I, here we are, just kids Every song we ever sang led us to where we are now Where our vision had its moment, resolute and tangible I once said that we are poetry, what I meant was we are prose I know you once felt this fire, I know you were once composed We found ourselves in triumph, yet still in stagnation As we watched all we had built, destroyed and forgotten And no one ever though we’d make it out of everything we did But here we are you and I, here we are, here we are, just kids But I will not give up now, I will not give in Consequence has many forms, as does inaction Come with me for restitution, we will not come back from this Every step I take from here will answer injustice Follow me through all these trials, follow me until the end I cannot tell you how this all turns out, but I know that we will win No one ever thought we’d make it out of everything we did But here we are you and I, here we are, just kids