The Changing Valley

This song was the winner of the 2008 Wild At Art Local Colour Song Writing Contest. I wrote the song specifically for the contest as the contest called for songs that relfected Squamish. After writing the lyrics and melody, I did the entire recording in one night from midnight to 5am the night before the deadline!

To give you a bit more of the story, Click Here to listen to the interview with Dana-Marie on Mountain FM's Mountain Monitor afternoon show, aired on November 12, 2008.

Lyrics

the chief stands in the doorway
and he looks to his diamond friend in the back
and they talk about weather
and they talk about the things they've seen
and how they've been the same forever
despite changes in between

many, many years pass by
as the eagles claim the water and the sky
and echoed beneath their soaring wings
is the sound of a thousand passing dreams
against the wind they’re tall and proud
beyond the movement and the clouds

soon fathers and brothers mind their craft
while mothers watch their children play and laugh
while dancing in the pouring rain
they sense it will always be the same
and laughter booms above from the two
who know the changes wont be few

modern day is nothing of the past
the choirs of voices build and last
and it's hard to keep the balance of needs
of the many who have planted their seeds
but still uniting them from either end
is the beauty of two these two unchanging friends

now rising from the shadows are the few
who climb to share perspective with the two
while a man who gathers bottles on his bike
reminds them all never to lose sight
so when looking down and across the land
their changes might be planned

the chief stands in the doorway
and he looks to his diamond friend in the back
and they talk about the weather
and they talk about the things they've seen
as they humbly hold together
the beauty and the love of everything in between

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