Fourth

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Women’s march, Salt Lake City, Jan 18, 2025. What will 4th wave feminism look like? How are we perceived by the world? Opening lyrics and melody from dreams.
Kat: vocals, lyrics, keys

It isn’t over
they won’t leave us in the dust
It’s never over
they won’t turn our hands to rust

A world of magnets,
this is a world of change
marching together and not
isn’t that strange?

These master tools have become
all of our weapons
fighting fire with fire leaves
the whole world burning

Where can we walk in peace?
When can we breathe safe air?
Will we be strong enough
to be alone when we leave here?

Who will fly our flag?
And, when they quote us
who will they sound like?
Will it sound like them?

So where’s our love, where’s our joy
where is our dancing?
How are we different than how
they have defined us?

Each one of us an island
each one of us a bridge
each one of us a hundred thousand reasons

Will we go forward as one?
or drift our separate ways?
seeking retribution
or relieving all this pain?

The young, the old, the middle life
the hard, the soft, so intertwined
Just what stitches us together
moving us in time?

I thought I saw you there
looking just as lost
I thought I saw you in the crowd eager to get this over

I should have said hello
I should have asked the questions
I could have learned the answers
write the story I don’t know

All I ever wanted was
to make a difference
in just one little life
you could have been her

This isn’t what I imagined
not what I had hoped
I just wanted to make someone happy

The wind is biting
Breath of the world, pulsing
My heart is aching
so I replace it with sore feet

We’re standing strong
on the steps of power
Is anyone listening?
Do we have a witness?

Hold on to what you see here
don’t let it go
even if you leave alone
it will follow you

It’s isn’t over
they haven’t left us in the dust
It’s never over
they haven’t turned our hands to rust

This world of magnets
this world of change is our home
Just remember
it hasn’t been for nothing, somehow it means so much