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Fifty​-​Eight Dead

from I's TWINKLE by NATE WEIDA

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I wake in silence
Deathly silence
Empty and alone
Smell of powder
Blood and bone

Limbs and ashes
Flags and coats
Packs and rations
Boots and blades
And captain's smokes

Fifty-eight dead
Fifty-eight dead out of seventy
Fifty-eight, and then how many fled
Our camp of soldier's solidarity,
War's fraternity
Fifty-eight dead out of seventy.

Wake and sing
Sing so the dead quit unliving
Their bodies rise
While you lie in the dirt
Wake up and shout loud
Let the morning dew
Feed and strengthen you
The earth gives birth to the all living.

Paralyzed, I'm paralyzed
No feeling from my heels to my sides
No feel to my feet
Broken, bleeding, with defeat
Oh, sweet Jesus can you hear me?
Pluck me from this field
Warm, shelter, calm and shield me
Take me far, far away from here.

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from I's TWINKLE, released May 14, 2013
Music By Nate Weida / Lyrics by Patrick Link & Nate Weida

John Bennett (mandolin/lead vocals), Nate Weida (banjo/vocals), Emil McGloin (guitar/vocals), Sarah Goldfeather (violin/vocals)

Chorus -
Aaron Phillips, Ben Katz, Ravi Roth, Trevor Strader, Michael Covert, Michael Piazza, Seth Clayton, Carl Maguire, Arielle Siegel, Jessica Frey, Dia Dearstyn, Tory Giardina, Martha Giardina, Creighton Irons, Alicen Hubert

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Nate Weida New York, New York

Nate Weida is a theatre composer and writer based in NYC. His work has been performed across the city at The Atlantic Theatre Company, Playwrights Horizons, Ars Nova, Bushwick Starr, Judson Memorial Church, and Lincoln Center. He has written 13 musicals to date, including award winning Pirate La Dee Da. ... more

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