Tuesday, August 24, 2010

Now You See Us

A little over a year ago, I wrote an ME/CFS protest song called "Now You See Us." It's full of righteous indignation, but also giddy and optimistic. I'm posting it here tonight in celebration of the long-awaited release of the Alter paper.

(This is a low-res home recording, so if you're listening on itty bitty laptop speakers, you may need to crank the volume up to max.)

This goes out to everyone at the Whittemore Peterson Institute for getting the ball rolling. It also goes out to Alter et al for discovering another important piece to the puzzle, and for dealing with a lot of political crap they likely never expected. And to all of us, for surviving the wait.

If you like it, share it with anyone else you think will like it too! Lyrics are below.




NOW YOU SEE US

Lyrics by Susan Wenger
Music by Susan Wenger & Ron Amistadi


Day they came
Did their worst
Felt like I might die of thirst
Not a drop of water to be found
Seasons pass
Years go by
Never knew the reason why
They always kick you hardest when you're down

Chase the money trail
And you begin to realize
There's shady people cleaning out the store

CHORUS
Someone's got to keep the faith
Someone's got to hold the line
I can build a mighty fortress
With the power of my mind
I'll do anything it takes
Gonna take back what is mine
And there's no stopping us this time


Alone we are divisible
Silent and invisible
Without the strength to get a message through
Find each other one by one
Get together
Get it done
Keep each other going 'til we do

They can call us crazy
See how much time that buys
But we will not believe them anymore

CHORUS
Someone's got to keep the faith
Someone's got to hold the line
I can build a bridge between us
With the power of my mind
I'll do anything it takes
Gonna take back what is mine, mine, mine
And there's no stopping us this time


Results of their analysis
Hysterical paralysis
The more things change the more they stay the same
But closer now
To the truth
And they cannot deny the proof
By trying to call it by a different name

CHORUS
Someone's got to keep the faith
Someone's got to hold the line
I can build a better future
With the power of my mind
I'll do anything it takes
Gonna take back what is mine, mine, mine

And you and me will be just fine

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Copyright 2009 Cinder Bridge. All rights reserved.

11 comments:

MOS said...

Great song!

Anonymous said...

Great song! I hope it spreads (and I will do my bit to see that it does) far and wide! Many thanks to you!

cinderkeys said...

Thanks! Glad you liked it. :)

Kati said...

It's awesome, Cinder Bridge, thank you so much !

Jill said...

Excellent! Thank You!

Pris said...

So glad you wrote this!

cinderkeys said...

Thanks you!

Andrea Pring said...

Brilliant! Love it. x

Tina Tidmore said...

I sent a link to your website to Marly at PANDORA earlier this month. I was going back over the e-mails I sent and saw where I did this. I was telling her what a good song "I Remember Me" is. I wanted to let you know also. We are so blessed to have talented people who can tell the world the real nature of our illness, not just with facts, but with emotion also.

Tina Tidmore said...

correction, I meant "Everybody Knows about Me."

Sorry, ME/CFS moment.

cinderkeys said...

Thanks, Tina. Let's just hope we can get the world to listen. :)