I watched the pale blue tear
Sink into the moon
I watched the atmosphere
Swirl like a mother's womb
Where every sailor drowned
Where every king was crowned
Where every lover discovered
How to hold on to another
I asked my friend Dr Sagan
As he died on his bed
Is it really all worth saving?
Or are we already dead?
He said listen
To the silence
Listen
To the sound
The wars
The violence
The anger
Of the crowd
The cancer
The patient
The screaming
In the wards
And through it all great migrations
Tiny seabirds stormbound
Sacred Statues standing
On the clifftops in the clouds
Human dreaming
Human longing
Baby crying
Baby sleeping
Human dreaming
Woman laughing
Children singing
Old man weeping at the words
Of a very old song
A soundtrack to a film that is both historical and autobiographical, Yang’s music here finds graceful beauty in slowly unfolding melodies. Bandcamp New & Notable Jun 4, 2023