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all profits from this bandcamp download will go to Free Black University (www.gofundme.com/f/the-free-black-university), which exists to re-distribute knowledge and act as a space of incubation for the creation of transformative knowledge in the Black community.

this was made possible with support from 15,000 patrons funding me at patreon.com/amandapalmer. i would not have had the ability to do this without them.

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lyrics

It's a fire
These dreams they pass me by
The salvation I desire
Keeps getting me down
'Cause we need to
Recognize mistakes
For time and again
So let it be known
For what we believe in
I can see no reason
For it to fail
'Cause this life is a farce
I can't breathe through this mask
Like a fool
So breathe on, sister, breathe on
From this oneself
Testify or tell
It's fooling us now
So let it be known
For what we believe in
I can see no reason
For it to fail
'Cause this life is a farce
I can't breathe through this mask
Like a fool
So breathe on, little sister, breathe on
Oh, so breathe on, little sister, like a fool

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released September 9, 2020
Amanda Palmer – Vocals
Rhiannon Giddens - Vocals

Marta Sofia Honer - Violins and Violas
Caleigh Drane - Cellos
Jherek Bischoff - Double Bass, Electric Bass, Percussion, Sequencing

Amanda Palmer's vocals were recorded by Simon Gooding at Roundhead Studios, Auckland, New Zealand
Studio Assistant - Alexandra Corbett
Rhiannon Giddens’ vocals were recorded by Francesco Turrisi in Greystones, Ireland

Violins and Violas recorded by Marta Sofia Honer at home
Cellos recorded by Caleigh Drane at home
Double Bass, Electric Bass and Percussion recorded by Jherek Bischoff at Sweethaven, Los Angeles, CA

Mixed and Mastered by Jherek Bischoff at Sweethaven

Song originally performed by Portishead
Written by: Adrian Utley, Beth Gibbons, Geoffrey Barrow

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