"Unproud Warrior" by @Cass McCombs from the album 'Heartmind', available August 19
Pre-order, stream & download: https://cassmccombs.ffm.to/heartmind
Created by: Facing West Shadows
Lydia Greer (artistic director) and Caryl Kientz (theatrical director)
Art Direction: Lydia Greer and Caryl Kientz
DP: Lydia Greer
Editing: Lydia Greer
Additional Art and Puppetry:
Farley Gwazda
Jeff Lewis
Tim Nickodemus
Jacquelyn Serrano
Lisa Van Wambeck
Facing West Shadows is a Bay Area collective (principal members Lydia Greer- artistic director and Caryl Kientz -theatrical director) of artists, puppeteers, filmmakers, and musicians hybridizing forms to create magical acts of rebellion as experimental art.
https://www.facingwestshadows.com/
https://www.instagram.com/facingwests...
Written by Cass McCombs
Produced by Cass McCombs & Shahzad Ismaily
Engineered by Phil Weinrobe
Mixed by Rob Schnapf
Assisted by Matt Schuessler
Mastered by Mark Chalecki
Cass McCombs: Vocals, Guitar
Charlie Burnham: Vocals, Fiddle
Charlotte Greve: Tenor Saxophone
Shahzad Ismaily: Electric Bass, Drums
Wynonna Judd: Vocals
Josh Krumbly: Upright Bass
Frank LoCrasto: Hammond Organ
Cactus Moser: Vocals, Lap Steel
Kassa Overall: Drums
Lyrics
September the second, two thousand seventeen
That’s your discharge date, etched in your soul
It’s been nearly two years now, gone by so fast
Like the fast food restaurants they built while you were away Pull into the drive-thru, speak into a box
Discard the paper wrappers when you’re through These people can’t comprehend the choices you made So you don’t tell them a thing
Unproud warrior
Unproud warrior
Unproud warrior
You made your house your own
Some blame their actions on their government It’s all orders for these lily-white comrades
They hang up their guns on a nail of rosewater
And participate in their grandson’s parade
But you know you had more choices than they let on
A soldier is not a cog, but a man, like any other
These thoughts you revisit every time you turn on a movie And see a depiction that is far from your own experience Unproud warrior
Unproud warrior
Unproud warrior
You made your choice alone
You were only seventeen when you enlisted, you remember
SE Hinton wrote The Outsiders when she was just fifteen
Mary Shelley wrote Frankenstein when she was nineteen
At twenty-three, Stephen Crane published The Red Badge Of Courage Which is still known as one of the most realistic depictions of war
Even though Crane was born after the Civil War ended Maybe sentiments of regret are not all that unrelatable You’ve always taken lengths to be aware of your own choice Unproud warrior
Unproud warrior
Unproud warrior
You built your house alone
You made your house your own