Hannes Bieger — "Poem for the Planet" ft. Ursula Rucker [techno / spoken word] (2020)

cross-posted from: https://slrpnk.net/post/1387125

cross-posted from: https://slrpnk.net/post/1387043

This is a poem for the planet and its peopleWho want to see the planet thrive in peaceAnd not cease

This is a poem for the planet and its peopleWho want to see the planet thrive in peaceAnd not cease

This is a poem for the planet and its peopleWho want to see the planet thrive in peaceAnd not cease

There is a place, an unassuming placeWhere pure love growsIt grows in spite of, and despite, despairIn and out of the dark, darkness it growsTo bring light, to bring lifeThere, in that place, in that unassuming, sacred placeWhere pure love grows

There, in that place, that unassuming place, sacred placeWhere pure love growsAnd all of the deities and magic seem to conspire togetherTo create the most perfect, imperfect placeMagical, miracle, love growing through steel and concreteAnd broken dreams and bad choicesAnd lift their voices in songTo become the strongest most purest form of loveReal love

Laboured-on type loveBeen-through-some-shit type loveAlmost-died type loveAll-I-wanna-do-is-live type love

This is a poem for the planet and its peopleWho want to see the planet thrive in peaceAnd not cease

This is a poem for the planet and its peopleWho want to see the planet thrive in peaceAnd not cease

Deadline, no timeGotta save the planet before we flatlineToo late to rewindMindsets need to be reset, redesignedUnwind from this mortal coilPlant your heart and feet in the soil'Cause these old ways ain't loyalPlant some new shit and then fix itThe planet, that is, 'cause-

Deadline, no timeGotta save the planet before we flatlineDeadline, no timeGotta save the planet before we flatline

What we leave here mattersIt seeps into Earth's coreBecomes its energy, its force, its fireLike lava or loveWe choose whether to burnOr whether to build, whether to killOr whether to create, whether to make newWhether to make betterWhether to make togetherWhat we leave here matters

This is a poem for the planet and its peopleWho want to see the planet thrive in peaceAnd not cease

Deadline, no timeGotta save the planet before we flatlineRight now is the timeCan't believe you can't see itNow do it, be it, dream it, shine

This is a poem for the planet and its peopleWho want to see the planet thrive in peaceAnd not cease