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The Thief and the Rhyme

by Helene Augustine

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One of my first "finished" songs as Helene Augustine, written in 2018. This recording is from April 2019 in my home studio.

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The Thief and the Rhyme

I stood on the side of the mountain
It was too steep to climb
I was out there looking for justice
All I had was time

The thief he found me on the trail
What could I give him?
What could I say?
I was defenseless in every way

Had no weapon
Had no gun
Had no shield
Nothing, I was naked, revealed, under the sun

Defenseless in every way
Except for this rhyme, these rhymes
That I sing to you today

And this rhyme saved my life
And the thief became transformed
Where did he go?
What did he do?
He became something new

He grew and he grew
Right before my eyes
He transformed into someone I barely recognized
Someone finally true

He found out that the thief’s ways
Were not the only ways
To break through, to break through today

Nothing stolen
Nothing destroyed
He listened to my prayers
And he sympathized
For once in his life
The thief felt relief
Finally free of his own hate and his own misogyny
He flew away
On his wings of transformation
Goodbye, goodbye….

He left me on the trail
Where I was free to go
But the mountain was too steep
And the trail too narrow

And I am still here now
On this steep steep mountain side
Actually it is where you find me tonight

Singing to you
In these perilous times
You who also sees the thief passing through
Singing to you
You who also helped transform the thief into something new

We stood on the side of the mountain
It was too steep to climb
We were out there looking for justice
And all we had was time

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released April 12, 2019

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Helene Augustine Virginia

A way to channel the never-ending rush of rhyme and melody. A musical project for the visual artist Jennifer Nagle Myers. Explorations following the continuous line from ancient to future, our own inherent collective and personal queerness, liberation, voice, piano, communication, communing. Good spirit. Look for all ways to express love and sending out the signal that art is all this and more. ... more

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