“As the refugee crisis rumbles on and compassion appears to wilt against the fiery politics of hate, RIBS is a meditation on our collective failure to uphold the supposedly fundamental European values of respect for human dignity and human rights.” – Filmmaker Emile Ebrahim Kelly.
• RIBS by Hejira is on the album Thread Of Gold (Lima Limo Records)
• Download and stream RIBS here
Lyrics
There are promises in places that I’ve left behind
So far from home
There are secrets that are buried deep within the mind
That we both can’t let go
All the noise that’s building up inside my chest
Fighting to catch my breath
When will the pressure drop, will I feel the air again
Pulling me closer to you
You keep building these walls that I can’t climb
Barricading the doors, leaving me behind
All the strangers surrounding us we just don’t know
Telling us where to go
All the vitals are failing us in our time of need
Who should we beg to breathe?
When it feels like our bruises and burns will never heal
Jaded by all the pain
All the blood it takes to make a life, to take a life
To save a life
You keep building these walls that I can’t climb
Barricading the doors, leaving me behind
At the edge of the water with no way to cross over
I don’t want to walk away
I don’t want to leave this all behind
These ribs will protect you
These broken ribs will protect you
If I don’t belong here, where do I belong?
Everything seems alien, everything seems different
These ribs will protect you
These broken ribs will protect you
Will I be the same again?
These rings around my heart
These rings around my lungs
I can’t breathe anymore
These ribs will protect you
These broken ribs will protect you
These ribs will protect you
These broken ribs will protect you
These ribs will protect you
These broken ribs will protect you