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Airstrip Timber Sale

from The Wonders of Female Strength by Bicycle Face

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I got the tune for this song from an artist named Adhamh Roland. I wrote it when my friends and I were in the woods trying to save some very old trees from getting chopped down. We were having a lot of fun in the woods, but were also having to come to terms with the fact that we weren't going to be able to save the trees and that this whole part of the forest would probably be gone pretty soon. That whole forest ended up burning down before it could get logged, but this fall I plan to go back and harvest morel mushrooms, an incredibly tasty treat that grows very well in burnt forests. Sometimes it's possible to find beauty and joy in sad situations!

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Well the world is big and beautiful
Too beautiful to waste
On petty arguments about our egos
So I am gonna sit here and savor the waste
That the tree selflessly gives unto me

Well I can see a sunset that's too beautiful for words
From my perch up in this tree!
And my heart begins to ache when I remember
that it's a byproduct of smog and industry

And the open patch of sky from the clearcut nearby
Makes the full moon much easier to see
And we encourage struggling salplings
To not give up hope
In this barren land where a forest used to be

And the weather outside on this clear October night
Is just a little bit too warm
But we bear our naked skin
Throwing caution to the wind
Trying not to think of ice caps or tropical storms

Now it's been three years since we were sitting in these woods
And that forest is just a charred memory
But the fiddleheads unfurling remind me that I'm always learning
That there is beauty to be found in life’s incredible tenacity

If there's one thing that scares me it's the way that I feel
When I can't see beauty
Beauty in myself or beauty in the world or beauty in anything
So scare me, scare me, beauty!
But let me know you're still alive
But let me know when things get ugly
So I can continue the fight to defend this land that I love

Well the world is big and beautiful too beautiful to waste
On feeling sorry for our sorry selves,
So I am gonna sit here and savor the waste that the tree selflessly gives up to me

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from The Wonders of Female Strength, released March 15, 2016

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Bicycle Face Seattle, Washington

Back when bicycles were first invented, doctors told women that if they raced on their bicycles, their face would get stuck in a strained-looking, bulgy-eyed mess. Thankfully, we have disproved this theory, and our bicycle faces are all smiles!
Bicycle Face is a musical project by Lichen & Evan. We believe that it's important to teach history so that children know that they can change the future! ... more

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