Seeds

Track 4 | Mother Medicine (5:01)

Mother Medicine - Sara Emmitt Album Cover

Years ago I stumbled upon an old Mexican saying, “They tried to bury us, but they didn’t know we were seeds.” This phrase sprouted up again for me when the protests broke out against the North Dakota pipeline going in, and I saw all of us who were fighting for our clean waters and protection of the earth had another trick up our sleeves. We are the seeds. This piece was written as somewhat of a political protest song, in honor of all of those standing for peace and the health of our earth.

Seeds Lyrics

written by Sara Emmitt

Quisieron enterarrnos pero se les olvido

que somos semillas

We are the seeds 

and we have everything we need

water, earth and love

and the great light from above

we will not fight for peace

we will grow with grace and ease

and suddenly we are a forest 

we are a home

so when they lay down their weapons

they have a beautiful place to go

They tried to bury us 

they tried to push us down

they tried to steal our voices 

and turn our water brown

But when the buried us 

they put us in the ground

where there’s fertile soil

and life abound

Because we are the seeds 

and we have everything we need

water, earth and love

and the great light from above

we will not fight for peace

we will grow with grace and ease

and suddenly we are a forest 

we are a home

so when they lay down their weapons

they have a beautiful place to go

Danos fuerza y gracia

luz y paciencia

ya sabemos la verdad

esta vida es sagrada

y llena del amor 

madre tierra, creador

da a luz al día

cuando la gente despierta

a la divinidad a dentro

con mar y luz y viento

semillas creciendo

semillas creciendo

A la luz (x4)

Because we are the seeds 

and we have everything we need

water, earth and love

and the great light from above

we will not fight for peace

we will grow with grace and ease

and suddenly we are a forest 

we are a home

so when they lay down their weapons

so when we lay down our weapons 

we have a beautiful place to go


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released June 20, 2021

Original songs, vocals and guitar by Sara Emmitt


Cello, Banjo, Violin, Second Guitar, Bass: Avery Johnson
Bass: Brian Ellison
Drums: Mike “Squid” Gullekson
Piano: Daniel Herman
Mandolin: Drew Emmitt
Harmonica: Dave Emmitt

Mixed by Daniel Herman (Mineral Sound)
Mastered by Jake Mackie
Cover art by Stepha Lawson (@thelanguageofbirth)

Recorded by Avery Johnson at Stone Cottage Studios in Boulder, Colorado.

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