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When They Burn the Man

from No Unifying Theme by Walter Ehresman

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--written as a tribute to the Burning Man Festival, which I attended from '99-'07.

See video here:
www.youtube.com/watch?v=nuyZs8nunyU

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When They Burn the Man
(© 2000 Walter Ehresman)

Glowing arms reach for the sky;
No one there will ask you why;
Another way to say goodbye
to the life you’re leading;
it’s a vestige that you’re feeding--
find a way to make it grow.
If you don’t go then you won’t know.

Gather in the driest place;
Creative storm transforms the space;
When you leave, you leave no trace
of the poisons you brought in--
hatred, fear, ideas of sin,
freedom lost inside a plan;
Will you scrape it from your skin?
when they burn the Man

[break]
Won’t you step inside the hive
(one without collective mind)
Your better self will start to shine;
Strange things glow out in the night;

You haven’t seen this stuff before;
Your lips are dry, your throat is sore;
You may feel things are out of hand;
But I think you’ll understand,
when they burn the Man.

credits

from No Unifying Theme, released January 1, 2004
Walter Ehresman: vocals, electric guitars, fretless electric bass, 5-string electric bass, MIDI guitar with breath controller, keyboards, key loop triggering.

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Walter Ehresman San Miguel De Allende, Mexico

Called "the quintessential Austin DIY artist" by famed local disc jockey Charlie Martin , Walter Ehresman was an eccentric presence in the Austin music scene from the '80s until his 2015 move to Mexico. A prolific songwriter, multi-instrumentalist and recording artist...and a restless musical spirit, always looking for something new, expressed with fearlessly honest, socially-conscious lyrics. ... more

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