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Standing Still

from Standing Still by Kyra Shaughnessy

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Standing Still
*text in Atikamekw translated and spoken by Sakay Ottawa

when the breath of your body
gives itself up to the sky
when the flame that lit your life slowly fades
when your story has been written
and you turn the final page
the old ones will grow on, grow on in grace

they will be standing still, standing still...

when the walls around us crumble
when we step into the light
when we look out on the ruins of what was
when we cut the ties that bind us
to the safety that we crave
when we see that none of us is free as long as one of us is chained

we will be standing still, standing still...

Peikwaw ni ki nakicken e micta micak aka ka kiskeritakok,
e kice misiweiak ite tapickotc ka ici matcikopisowok, ite ka ici nakeckotatomikok kaskina arimowewina, ite, ka ici capitaweckatek kipaskohikana kotc ka wi nakackakemokok awatc
ki tipiraweatisinano

*Original poem before translation
Un jour je me suis trouvé face à l'immensité de l'inconnu,
du grand tout qui nous tisse ensemble,là où les voix se rencontre,
là où, à travers tous les barrières, les frontières et les murs imaginaire…
Nous sommes libre

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from Standing Still, released April 11, 2018
words and music by Kyra Shaughnessy
produced by Kyra Shaughnessy and Cédric Dind-Lavoie
translation of French into Atikamekw, Marie-Cécile Niquay Ottawa

Kyra Shaughnessy - guitar, vocals
Cédric Dind-Lavoie - bass
Estelle Lavoie - kora
Anais Constantin - cello
Sakay Ottawa - poem in Atikamekw

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Kyra Shaughnessy Waterville, Québec

Kyra Shaughnessy’s music and writing invoke presence and awakening. Of mixed heritage, born, raised and unschooled in Québec, composing in multiple languages across genres, Kyra’s work represents a unifying vision of humanity through an artistic practice grounded in a holistic perspective of healing and respect for the interconnectedness of all life. ... more

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