Tether from Black Inscription by Rabbit Rabbit Radio

All this evidence of life on the surface reminds our narrator of her terrestrial life, her family, and her loves and friendships. All of the things that used to define her seem so far away… all but the memory of her own children. Even though she has now gone too far to turn back and her solitude has yielded to a breathtaking expansiveness, she feels the emotional pull of her family. She is caught between worlds. Though her son is now an adult, the line that connects them is as strong as ever. It is her tether and her lifeline.

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5.	Tether	5:07

Lyrics

Her voice floated in like a sliver of the dawn,
on the back of a ghost freighter.

Slave trader, heart breaker, undertaker, match maker.

Mother! Mother, I followed your voice.
I had no choice.

Mother, it seems the only way to find you now
is to cast out a line.
I'm doing fine, drifting along without you.

I know to you it seems I've gone,
like I've abandoned you and everyone.
But please, my son, know, finally,
I'm everywhere I ever want to be.
.
This tether leads to you and only you.
Don't let go.

This diver's heart will shatter as it rises.
Don't pull me in. Don't let go.
Don't pull me in, but don't let go.

Credits

from Black Inscription, released January 11, 2018
Music by Matthias Bossi, Jeremy Flower and Carla Kihlstedt
Words by Matthias Bossi & Carla Kihlstedt

Spoken words by Hannah Silva, adapted from Jump Blue – an Afonica production for BBC Radio. Sound design by Quentin Chiappetta. Spoken text delivered by Tatyana Gessen.

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