BRIDGE

by Amanda West

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1.
Believe 03:40
BELIEVE (written summer 2009 - summer 2022) When you’re an old one sitting by the fire, and all around you the children gather and ask for the story of when the old world burned, and into the new one everything turned you’re gonna say, You cannot be what you cannot see you can’t become what you don’t believe There was a future that we’d seen for you My Loves we did believe First we cried and we grieved for all we had to lose then we awakened the dreamers to weave the world anew, and we sang You cannot be what you cannot see you can’t become what you don’t believe There is a future that I see for you my Loves I do believe I do believe, believe The grass is green the sky is blue the rivers are clean and the oceans too The gardens grow and the whole world knows we are one, we are one! And you cannot be what you cannot see you can’t become what you don’t believe There is a future we must see For all we love we will believe We have all the dreams all the creativity We have all we need But you cannot be what you cannot see you can’t become what you don’t believe There is a future we must see for all we Love I will believe ‘Cause you cannot be what you cannot see You can’t become what you don’t believe There is a future that I see for you My Loves I do believe I do believe, believe There is a future that I see for you my Loves I do believe
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Hold Steady 03:59
HOLD STEADY ~ (January 2023) Hold steady, hold steady, hold on Hold steady, hold steady, in the face of the storm Hold steady, hold steady, hold on Hold steady, hold steady, be the calm Let the winds come and go Deep inside there’s a truth I know 
 Keep a little room in your heart for the unimaginable
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CRADLE OF BELONGING ~ (December 2023) Gather round community in the cradle of belonging Weaving hearts, weaving minds Voice & spirit intertwined May the seeds we plant here grow May we learn to harvest, reap and sow May we remember all we need to know
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Currents 05:25
CURRENTS ~ (November 27, 2022) My heart is an ocean, my heart is a sea My heart knows the currents to carry me Carry me, carry me, home, carry me My heart knows the currents to carry me My… Love, Rage, Grief, Joy, Fear, Trust, Heart…
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All There Is 03:47
ALL THERE IS ~ (Dec 15, 2019) Letting go of all I’ve had, letting go of all I’ve been I release these dreams All I am I am now, all there is there is now
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THE EARTH IS MY MEDICINE The earth is my medicine, oh I will let it in Breathing this air, Walking on this land Feeling the strength in my head, heart & hands
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YOU ARE THE UNIVERSE ~ (June 17, 2022) You are the universe, awakening You are the universe, unfolding All is within you, all is around you Feel it flowing through You are a part of everything Opportunity for intentional evolutionary change Opportunity for intentional evolutionary change!
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BE WITH THE UNKNOWN ~ (Jan 1, 2024) Be with the unknown, be Be with the unknown, be Listen to the wisdom of the wind in the trees Listen and be set free And the way will open With each step you are taking Oh the way will open With each breath you are taking Be with the unknown, be Be with the unknown, be Listen to the wisdom in your body Listen and be set free! And the way will open With each step you are taking Oh the way will open With each breath you are taking So be with the unknown, be Be with the unknown, be
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THIS IS TEMPORARY ~ (Oct 6, 2022 & July 2023) This is temporary nothing lasts forever Breathing, I am breathing in, Oh Breathing, I am breathing out, Oh Underneath there’s something holy Underneath there’s something always
10.
More Love 03:49
MORE LOVE ~ (Nov 9, 2016) When the weight is on your heart When everything falls apart Lift your voice and sing: More Love, More Love! This is what will bring More Love, More Love More love, more love More love, more love….. More Love, More Love

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“Keep some room in your heart for the unimaginable”
- Mary Oliver


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~ ORIGINS & OFFERINGS ~
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What happens after the house is flooded, burned, foreclosed.
What happens after the social and ecological systems collapse.
What happens after the trust is shattered and the marriage broken.
What happens after the child, parent, dearest loved one dies.
What happens after the life you thought you had
suddenly no longer exists
and the life you are in
looks nothing like the one you planned or imagined.

Suddenly you are on the BRIDGE,
the place in between what was and what will be.
It is terrifying, heart-wrenching, grief-drenching,
enlightening, transformational.

These songs are from, and for, these times, the times we are in, individually and collectively, right now on planet earth.

These songs are not ones I have written so much as caught,
in the whispers on the wind, in the gentle presence from the unseen realms in morning nature walks and silent meditations.

Music is an ancient and holistic medicine, and I offer this album and these songs in this spirit, recorded in one day, on the full moon of March 2024. Raw, imperfect, and essential.

May these songs be a portal and a bridge,
Between the systems that are crumbling, flooding, burning,
and the new world that is being dreamed, birthed, remembered
Between the life we once had and the one we are stepping into
Between the divides of minds, hearts, countries, people
Between the illusion of separation and the knowing of belonging
Between what is, and what is possible
Between you and me, the seen and unseen,
Between all that has been, and all that will be.


~ Amanda Mehl West, May 2024 | Santa Cruz, CA

credits

released June 8, 2024

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~ DEDICATION & GRATITUDE ~
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This album project comes
through a Heart Broken Open into the Web of Life

and is From and For all involved, including

The Covered Bridge Community Choir,
my Patreon supporters,
CSE San Jose, Joanna Macy, Mary Oliver, Bioneers,
the power of Grief Ritual,
the dreamers weavers & people of Song Village and the community singing movement,
the land of Felton California and its indigenous caretakers,
Heather Houston, Sarah MacEwan, Debbie Nargi-Brown,
Marv Zauderer, Ahlay Blakely, Athena Gam Armijo,
Paul Millage, The Mystery, The Ancestors, my children,

and all who have ever sung or loved these songs and believed in my path of music, healing & love



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CREDITS
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Recorded live on the full moon of March 25th, 2024 at Cosmic Radio Station Studio, Aptos, CA on the traditional & unceded lands of the Awaswas Speaking People


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vocals & guitar :: Amanda West
frame drum :: Amanda West & Luke Lucas
harmonium & shruti :: Paul Millage
engineering & sound production :: Luke Lucas
co-production support by Paul Millage


photographs & graphic design by Lake Art Studio


PRODUCED BY AMANDA WEST

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Breathing mindfulness, medicine and magic, Amanda’s songs are sourced in the heart of the soul of the world. For the spiritual seekers, lovers, philosophers, anthropologists, homemakers, radical liberators, and curious humble humans, this music is a welcome safe refuge. Distilled over a 25 year-long career of songwriting, touring, recording & teaching, this is the truth you have been seeking. ... more

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