Some Man, Some God, Some War (inspired by The Sandcastle Girls by Chris Bohjalian)

Original song by Lindsay White. Inspired by The Sandcastle Girls by Chris Bohjalian, the MeToo / Times Up Movement, and feminism/world history in general.

Lyrics:
1.
She is dried out like the desert
She is famished, all but vanished by design
And her hide out is her cactus heart
Her own hand grenade, a barricade of spines

CHORUS
The sands of time repeating
She’s seen suffering before
Her future takes a beating
for some man, some god, some war

2.
She is minding her own business
Steadfastly building castles of sand
She is blinded by a raging son
Who demolishes and calls it all his land

CHORUS
These poor holy rolling soldiers’ plight
They can’t live without their virgins and whores
To lift their strengths and spirits to fight for
Some man, some god, some war

3.
We are sucking out the venom
Of poisonous scorpions and snakes
We are bucking this ecosystem
Til our mother’s deserts are our daughter’s lakes

CHORUS
Oh, wondrous, thunderous women
Together too loud to ignore
No more curtsies at the mercy of
some man, some God, some war