Her Story; Not History
Album: The 13 Secret Teaching of the Dragon King's Daughter
By: Major Tim To Ground Control
By: Major Tim To Ground Control
Duration
4:28
Genres
Description
This is a song I wrote many years ago about the witch burning years. I had just finished reading the book, Dreaming the Dark by StarHawk and it was close to Halloween when I wrote it.
Lyrics
Her Story, Not History! Lyrics and melody written by Tim Janakos, October 1995. Chords finished 2011. (A Section) (Am) He Well he (Dm) said, "She's to be (G) seen not heard." Who's he to (Am) say? While (Am) she Oh she (Dm) bled; in silence (G) she burned And he's to (Am) blame (B section) With her (C) mother, her daughters and (G) sisters too, at the (Dm) hands of the "holy" white (E7) puritan fools, (music pause) Mass (Am) insanity! (Chorus) They call it (Am) "history" (G) because it is his (Am) story But his story's a (Dm) lie I want to hear the (Em) truth. I want to (Dm) know (E7) Her (Am) Story! (Section A revisited) In the 16 hundreds (1600s), he would bite the hands that feed, until they bleed. Her soul devoured It's time (oh yeah), To set her free. I won't believe that he has the power. (Section B revisited) She's the Mother, the Goddess, the protector of time. In the burning years, he invented the crimes (music pause) of humanity. (Repeat Chorus into bridge) They call it "history" because it is his story But his story's a lie I want to hear the truth. I want to know Her Story! (Bridge) In all the (Dm) pain not glory, she created (Em) life. Despite the (Dm) tears, or his (G) ungrounded fears. In a (FM7) patriarchal (G) age of rage, her (FM7) soul was quietly (G) kept incaged, for centur(E7)ies. Still you'll only (G) hear his-(Am) story! (Repeat Chorus) They call it "history" because it is his story But his story's a lie I want to hear the truth. I want to know Her Story!