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Stone Cold Statues

from Tai Shan Free Bootlegs 2011 by Tai Shan

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    This song was inspired by the book "The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe." The song was written from the perspective of a lion that was turned to stone in the White Witch's courtyard. Edmond saw the lion cast as a statue and began to draw a mustache on his face. This song is the lion's story as he would explain his life to Edmond. At the time that I wrote it I was reflected on the similarities of this lion to my grandfather who served time in a WWII POW camp in the Philippines. How did it feel to try so hard and lose.

    This is a song Tai Shan wrote for the The Bushwick Book Club, a book club that writes songs about the books they read and performs them for an audience at the Can Can.
    The Bushwick club donates a large portion of the profits to The Seattle Public Library Foundation.
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Stone cold statues
Moments that have passed you when you had to choose
You choose wrong and lost

Now you move no more than shadows sleep walking though the battles
Stuck holding a torch that never burns

A voice ignites like fire you catch sight of a child
Wandering in your garden of stone

But the little boy is laughing
Your lips crack but you can’t ask him why he draws outside your lines

If only you could tell him how you risked it all and fought
If only you could show him
When it came time you put it all on the line
And you lost


Sometimes you watch the snowflakes
Sit back and just contemplate what would you do if you could move freely
So rare to see the living moving and breathing and in there minds are dreams worth keeping alive









If only you could tell them how you risked it all and fought
If only you could show them
When it came time you put it all on the line
And you lost


I see my grandfathers face behind that cheap piture frame
I am the boy and he is the lion

I have walked though my fathers hall seen granddad hung on the wall
And wondered was he a stone cold statue too

Did he sacrifice when the battle raged
Break the bars when he rattled his cage but how did he lose?

If only you could tell me how you risked it all and fought
If only you could show me
When it came time you put it all on the line
And you lost

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from Tai Shan Free Bootlegs 2011, released January 10, 2011

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Tai Shan Seattle, Washington

Tai Shan is an Americana songwriter whose music has been featured in Billboard Magazine, American Songwriter, Americana UK, and on NPR. Based in Nashville, her songwriting focuses on positive messages. Tai Shan and her husband Austin, have toured the United States and Canada and performed for venues such as the Bluebird and Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation. ... more

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