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Family

by Mystic Tiger

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We have all suffered this year. We have all seen each other hurt this year. Some of us have hurt each other this year. We have all been in survival mode at one point or another. We have all witnessed the cruel and inhumane policies of the American government and the ultra-rich, who have shown us they will stop at nothing to continue to suck money out of the working class, even with so many people starving and dying. The cruelty of capitalism has been laid bare in front of us, and we have witnessed it and been victims of it, and known that we are a part of it simply by living in this society. This has shaken us all in different ways- forced us to face our fears, reassess our priorities, put us through periods of fight-or-flight, made us acknowledge the cognitive dissonance of having a well intentioned heart while existing in this extremely destructive imperialist empire. They want us to choose resentment and bitterness, to be beat down by this trauma instead of growing from it. But- to be Family- is to choose to hold each other, to help each other grow and heal, to love each other without condition; and that is a revolutionary act. To be Family is to share a sacred intention of acting for the good of all. Here in the belly of the beast, let us be healers and visionaries who can change everything.

And our vision as a band is not just for the four of us, but for all of us. It’s always been so much more than just Mystic Tiger. It started out as us just getting together once a week and trying to figure out how to live with a greater sense of connectedment and community. Then after a year of practicing that, of healing and creating together, we thought, “we have this gift of song and harmony that can extend this community and help others to find this sense of connectedness”, so we started singing for other people. And our vision extends way beyond here, to embrace the whole world as a family, but it has to start right here and right now, as we rebuild and nurture our relationships with care and compassion.

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Together in our hearts
Together we will start
to build a new planet under the sun

Together we will bind
Together we will shine
with open hearts and open minds
Oh, to be Family

and may we all have a little more laughter
and may we all have a little more peace
it's the light in the tunnel we're after
Oh, to be Family

Together like a tree
Together we can be
reading for the stars and planted in the sea
Oh, to be Family

and may we all have a little more laughter
and may we all have a little more peace
it's the light in the tunnel we're after
Oh, to be Family

cause underneath the things we see
lies a still tranquility that's leading me
we find our way through the aches and pain
we watch as they evaporate
together at last when we awake
in our hearts and souls
to this old and new place

and may we all have a little more laughter
and may we all have a little more peace
I can see the light in the tunnel we're after
Oh, to be Family
(chorus 2x)

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released May 7, 2021

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Mystic Tiger Los Angeles, California

Our mission as Mystic Tiger is to serve the healing of our world through love in the form of music. We offer our songs as a vibrational foundation for deep spiritual connection to ourselves, each other, and our mother Earth. We sing to open hearts, end suffering, and ignite the creative spirit within to alchemize a more beautiful world. ... more

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