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A few years back I heard my friend sing a beautiful hymn. As a devout atheist I felt envy for what was clearly a spiritual moment. I don’t go to church and so I miss out on the collective experience of community singing. Sometimes it feels like a huge hole in my life.

For Amy, Bille, Janis and Whitney. For all the women who lived to sing. For all the women whose stories are still told as sin.

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What if Matthew, Mark and Luke and John
Moses and Judas, and Jesus were wrong
And all the other men, too.

Say my name and thou will be saved
I said it over, I said it over
I said it over and over again
You didn't stop, you didn't stop
You just took all that you'd need
But take comfort in knowing
That the weak shall be freed.

I go up your stairs and through your door
To your kingdom, and in your kingdom
You say who stays and who can go
Where is Billie, where is Amy, where is Janis
Where is Whitney?

I don't like your kingdom
I don't like your kingdom
I don't like your kingdom
Please don't take me
Coz you don't know anything at all about me.

Billie, Amy, Janis and Whitney.

credits

from From the Bottom of the Well (Album, 2020), track released July 21, 2020
Song composed, arranged, performed and produced by Xani Kolac.

All violins and vocals recorded by Xani Kolac.
Mixed and Mastered by Isaac Barter.
Additional production by Isaac Barter.
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