(Staff Submission)
Theme: Alone Together
Artist Statement:
I have a degree in songwriting and have regularly written songs for the past 20 years, but when the pandemic gripped us I found it nearly impossible to write a word. Everything was so overwhelmingly negative that my pen laid dormant for months. It was the ability of our community, both WPI and the great Worcester community, to face and adapt to our new struggles together, even when physically apart, that inspired me to write Our New Sacrifice. In this song I attempted to be retrospective but hopeful, while giving it an air of caution. There are sacrifices we all must make to ensure the make it through this crisis.
Our New Sacrifice
The school bags they hang by the door
Like a forgotten friend
People survived so much more
They tell us again and again and again
Ripped up by regular news
We hide, we hide
Hoping to hear something good
Soon
But we rise
Together apart we survive
This is our new sacrifice
Love over string on a can
It is still love
Call however often
And send virtual hugs
While we delay our grief
We’re grieving daily
Hoping to hear something new
Soon
Still we rise
Together apart we survive
It is our new sacrifice
Maybe it will take awhile
Together apart we survive
This is our new sacrifice