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Dancing with the Stones

from SHIKASTA SUITE (2019) by Benjamin Russell

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When Rohanda/Shikasta went out of alignment with the stars, their perfect cities which had previously sustained them, became impossible to live in. The cities had been like nodes in a giant network of good vibrations. Now they were death traps which caused headaches, pain and confusion.

They ran away, but some came back. They were suffering from lack of connection and began to self harm by dancing among the painful vibrations of the stones of their shattered cities. As they dance, they sing.

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Dancing with the Stones - song by Elyce & Benjamin Russell
copyright © 2019 The Clear Blue Enterprise (socan)

Sung:
"We're dancing with the stones"

Spoken:
Before that time, the people were happy
and lived long lives
In harmony with their planet.
Their cities were built with stones in patterns
which helped the balance and aligned them with the stars.

Johor came to warn them.
He knew what would come.
He told them to remember
But he knew they would forget
When the link was broken.

He taught them to be kind, to be honest,
to be brothers and sisters,
not to enslave or dominate,
and, especially, NOT to become intoxicated,
dancing among the stones of their broken homes.

Then Shammat broke the link
and the cities went out of alignment.
The patterns now caused pain.
The people fled, confused.

But they returned
and debased themselves.
Though it made them drunk and gave them headache
They craved sensation and forgetting,
They danced among the stones

Sung:
"We're dancing with the stones"

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from SHIKASTA SUITE (2019), released November 24, 2019

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Benjamin Russell Montreal, Québec

Benjamin Russell is a multi-genre singer-songwriter, painter, graphic artist, videographer, writer living in Montreal, Quebec.

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