Song for Berta is a reflection on the life and legacy of Berta Cáceres, an environmental activist and a Lenca indigenous leader from Honduras.
Cáceres campaigned against a number of issues, including illegal logging, the placement of US military bases on Lenca land, and the construction of hydroele...
[Verse 1: Sandrayati Fay]
We walk into the room
The one you made of water
A river runs through
The one that you said made us two
[Hook: Sandrayati Fay & JFDR]
Now that you're, now that you're gone
Now that you're, now that you're gone
[Chorus: Damien Rice]
I can see that you're still around
The seed that fell to the ground
Grew in and then it grew out
And out, out, out
[Verse 2: All]
And what can we say to the past, to the pain
To the pulse of a thought, to the blood, to the rage
To the fire of your song, to the river in our veins
To all that is gone and all that remains?
[Hook: All]
Now that you're, now that you're gone
Now that you're, now that you're gone (Gone)
[Chorus: Damien Rice]
I can see that you're still around
Your seed that fell to the ground
Grew in and then it grew out
And now, -ow, -ow
[Chorus: Sandrayati Fay & JFDR]
I can see that you're still around
Your seed that fell to the ground
Grew in and then it grew out
And out, out, out
[Chorus: Sandrayati Fay & JFDR]
I can see that you're still around
The seed that fell to the ground
Grew in and then it grew out
And out, out, out
Song for Berta was written by JFDR & Sandrayati & Damien Rice.
Song for Berta was produced by Josh Wilkinson.
Sandrayati Fay, Damien Rice & JFDR released Song for Berta on Wed Apr 28 2021.
The YouTube description reads:
In honour of Berta Cáceres’s 50th birthday, Jófríður Ákadóttir (JFDR), Sandrayati Fay and Damien Rice wrote a song inspired by Berta’s life and work.
Berta was a Honduran environmental activist and indigenous leader who was murdered in 2016.
The injustice of her dea...