Ceasefire Chorus (Lyrics & Recordings)
1. Ceasefire – Recording (w. sheet music) + recording here [Note: listen for where the ‘call’ is, e.g. “we breathe, we breathe”] __________________________________ We breathe together / We breathe together / We breathe together / Stop the Occupation (x3) 1st time = mids 2nd time = mids & lows 3rd time = all 3 parts We march together / We march together … (x1) We grieve together / We grieve together… (x1) We strike together / We strike together… (x1) Ceasefire, Ceasefire, Ceasefire, Stop the Occupation (x2) We breathe together / We breathe together… (x1) Free Palestine / Free Palestine… (x1) Ceasefire, Ceasefire, Ceasefire, Stop the Occupation (x2) We breathe together / We breathe together / We breathe together / Stop the Occupation (x1) Stop the Occupation (x3) |
2. We Are The Ones Part 1: We are the ones we’ve been waiting Part 2: We are the ones, Part 3: We are the ones, we are the ones, we've been waiting Part 4: We are the ones we've been waiting for |
3. Ceasefire Now - Annabelle Freedman – Full Recording & all parts here Part 1: Ceasefire / Ceasefire (x4) Add Part 2: No one’s free til we’re all free / No one’s free til we’re all free (x7) Ceasefire line cut out: No one’s free til we’re all free / No one’s free til we’re all free (x2) |
4. Rafah, Gaza - Don’t Look Away – Solo recording (amb); duet recording rafah, gaza don’t look away see this senseless death we must come awake while the west pays for this unholy night biden mocks our pain and the tears we cry rafah, gaza don’t look away while we watch them die cleanse your fears away till we divest from this unholy plight let this change your life we must stand and fight rafah, gaza / don’t look away don’t look away / don’t look away |
5. Til We’re All Free - Samantha Rise All my people know / Liberation is the goal None of us are free / Til we’re all free One step at a time / All of us will move the line Pressuring the ‘powers’ that be / to get free Move - til they’re free, til they’re free From the River to the Sea - til they’re free, til they’re free Fighting on - til they’re free, til they’re free Righteously - we’ll fight til they’re free No peace can be found / Till the walls are falling down Brick by brick you’ll see / All of us will be All the way free Haiti to Palestine / Occupation is a crime Congo you will be / Sudan you will be, And Palestine Free – til they’re free, til they’re free From the River to the Sea - til they’re free, til they’re free Fighting on - til they’re free, til they’re free *Faithfully, we’ll rise til they’re free *Joyfully, we’ll fight til they’re free *Righteously, we’ll rage til they’re free From the River to the Sea, We’ll fight til they’re Free (x2) |
6. Ceasefire Now - Sol Weiss – Recording (:37 lyrics) [optional: intro hum] Cease fire now (echo) (x4) Not in our name (echo) (x4) *Stop the Genocide (echo) (x4) Free them all now (echo) (x4) *Cease fire now (echo) (x4) Not in our name (echo) (x4) *Free Palestine (echo) (x4) Ceasefire Now (echo) (x4) *V’ahavta (v'ahavta) Cease fire now (echo) (x4) *וְאָֽהַבְתָּ֥ לְרֵעֲךָ֖ כָּמ֑וֹךָ [To the tune of "Little Song"- by Sol Weiss with added words from Ilana Lerman, Sol Weiss, and many voices in the Ceasefire movement] |
L’arecha (l'arecha)
K’mocha (k'mocha)
K’mocha (k'mocha) Cease fire now (echo) (x4) \*וְאָֽהַבְתָּ֥ לְרֵעֲךָ֖ כָּמ֑וֹךָ
Hebrew translation "and you shall love your neighbor as you love yourself" (Vayikra 19:18)* [To the tune of "Little Song"- by Sol Weiss with added words from Ilana Lerman, Sol Weiss, and many voices in the Ceasefire movement] |
7. We’re Gonna Rise Up We’re gonna rise up, rise up till it’s won We’re gonna rise up, rise up till it’s won When the people rise up, the powers come down When the people rise up, the powers come down They try to stop us, but we keep coming back They try to stop us, but we keep coming back Attribution: Momentum Community. If singing this song for performance or recording for profit, you must get permission from and pay royalties to the composer. |
8. I Believe in Staying Ready - Rising Appalachia - remix by Rising Majority, modified by Ceasefire Choir I believe in staying ready (x3) For the time is drawing near Oh the prisons will be empty (x3) In the world that we prepare Oh the empires will be falling (x3) When this world comes to an end Viva viva Palestina (x3) When the world begins anew Oh, comrades please get ready (x3) For the time is drawing near Version 2 lyrics: All our people getting ready (x3) Palestine is getting free If you’re waiting, please take action (x3) Palestine is getting free Oh the/my people, we are ready (x3) Palestine is getting free Palestine is getting free (x3) Palestine is getting free |
9. Which Side Are You On Which side are you on now? / Which side are you on? (x2) Bombs surge and homes burn But you don’t hear the call ‘Cause AIPAC keeps paying you Does it weigh on you at all? |
10. We Rise - Batya Levine We rise / Humbly hearted / Rise / Won't be divided / Rise / With spirit to guide us / Rise (x1) [Repeat after each line] In hope / In prayer / We find ourselves here In hope / In prayer / We're right here (x2) We rise / All of the children Rise / Elders in wisdom Rise / Ancestors surround us / Rise (x1) We rise / Up from the wreckage Rise / With tears & with courage Rise / Fighting for Life / Rise (x1) We rise / Humbly hearted Rise / Won't be divided Rise / With spirit to guide us / Rise (x1) |
11. Summons - Alexandra (Ahlay) Blakely -Lyrics by Aurora Levins Morales from the poem “Summons” (inc. fundraiser) Last night I dreamed 10,000 grandmothers stepped in between the bomb and the family they said “don’t wait for your leaders to say each life is precious.” It will have to be us. (x5) REQUEST: Ahlay asks everyone to read Aurora’s poem first to the group you are teaching it to so there is full context where the song is birthed from more; poem & more here. |
12. “Don’t Numb It Out” Don’t numb to this, Don’t numb it out Let it all flow in and out [Repeat after each line] You’re strong enough to feel it all And keep your heart alive Stay soft to this, Don’t numb it out Let yourself breathe in and out Don’t numb to this, Don’t block it out Let yourself breathe in and out |
13. We Shall be Known- MaMuse– Recording (Wildchoir version) We shall be known by the company we keep By the ones who circle round to tend these fires We shall be known by the ones who sow and reap The seeds of change, alive from deep within the earth It is time now, it is time now that we thrive It is time we lead ourselves into the well It is time now, and what a time to be alive In this Great Turning we shall learn to lead in love In this Great Turning we shall learn to lead in love |
14. May This Body Be a Bridge Part 1: May this body be a bridge for the healing of this land Part 2: Teach us, teach us, oh Great Mother |
15. Ready - Alexandra (Ahlay) Blakely I know we've been prepared for these times I know in my bones In my blood, in my belly I can feel We are ready (x2) We are ready, we are ready I feel it in my bones and blood and belly Ready We are ready I feel it in my bones and blood and belly |
May this body be a bridge for the healing of this land
May the river flow through us cleansing greed from our hands May this body be a bridge for the healing of this land
May the river flow through us cleansing grief from our hands Part 2:
We are, we are born from the water
We are, we are made from the land Teach us, teach us, oh Great Mother
To bring, to bring peace to this land |
16. Now! - Samantha Cooper A Part Lyrics: (1st note B) We need - a cease, fire now! We need - divestment now! We need - boycotts and sanctions now! You need - to let the aid in now! B Part Mournful ooo's: (1st note B) ooo's X4 ______________ Key of E 1st Loop: (1st note: Ab) 16 beat vocal/inst melody 2nd Loop: (Bb, B, Db, Bb) "mm mm mm mmmm" |
17. Over / Under - Lyndsey Scott Over / under All the way through Over / under Back to You Over / under All the way down Over / under Lost then Found I AM THE LOVE THAT DOESN’T LEAVE /// WE DO THIS TIL WE FREE US! FEEL THRU THE DARK IS HOW WE SEE /// WE DO THIS TIL WE FREE US! WE ARE REMEMBERING HOW TO GRIEVE /// WE DO THIS TIL WE FREE US! YOU ARE A PART OF MY FAMILY /// WE DO THIS TIL WE FREE US! |
18. Put Your Roots Down – Recordings: original; Gaza version Part 1: Are you listening? Gaza’s crying Part 2: Are you listening? Gaza’s crying |
19. The Children Are Always Ours Every single one, every one The children are always ours Every single one, every one Not in my name (not in my name) x4 Ceasefire now (ceasefire now) x4 The children are always ours Every single one, every one The children are always ours Every single one, every one |
1. Loosen - Aly Halpert Loosen, loosen, baby You don't have to carry The weight of the world in your muscles & bones Let go, let go, let go Holy breath And holy name Will you ease Will you ease this pain |
Put your roots down, put your feet on the ground
Can you hear what she says when you listen? Are you listening? Gaza’s crying Part 2:
'Cause the sound of the river as it moves across the stone
Is the same sound as the blood in your body as it moves across your bones Are you listening? Gaza’s crying |
2 . Down Deep - Alillia Johnson I reach down down down deep (x2) Mother earth welcomes me (x2) |
3. Give It To the Water - Sol Weiss Give it to the water, till it all runs clear Give it to the water, till it’s clear. *Variation: Listen to the water… |
*\~ GRIEF SONGS \~*
4. Great Waters - Sol Weiss – Recording (:34 lyrics) - layered Great waters, Great waters Pour over me For I am your child Make me yours again (x4) Great waters, Great waters Pour over me Heal my broken places Make me whole again (x4) |
5. I’m Not Alone - Aly Halpert; co-written with Anat Hochberg I'm not alone, I'm not alone (x4) I forgot, for a minute Who I belong to The mama earth The wind and rain The beauty and the pain I'm not alone For me the world was created I'm not alone To dust I will return |
6. Ashes and Smoke - Linda Allen We have been burned, burned by the fire And we are ashes, ashes and smoke But we will rise, higher and higher |
7. May I be Empty/Full- Batya LevineMay I be empty and open To receive the light May I be empty and open To receive May I be full and open To receive the light May I be full and open To receive |
8. Stay Soft - Samantha Rise I know this life ain’t easy; Somedays I wish I were water or stone. Fear binds, but lovin will free me, “Keep on,“ they say, “child, stay soft.“ I know this life ain’t easy, We’re taught to hold up our shield and sword Fear binds, but lovin will free me, Pray, I’m gonna stay, stay soft. (x2) |
9. All the Leaves - Batya Levine All the leaves are falling down. Are falling down. I am the water, earth, fire, and wind. Dig deep my roots and return again. I am the water, earth, fire, and wind. Return again. |
10. One Body - Alexandra (Ahlay) Blakely I don’t know / If we were meant to carry / So much grief / In one body. Yet, we are not alone (x2 x3 x3 x2-10 total) yet Ahhhhhhh. (in a round - “I don’t/yet we…”) |
11. How Can I…- Batya Levine (recording) …be a little more soft today |
12. Grief - Sarina Partridge Part 1: Grief / Moving through me / Let my body / Feel the waves of love, and (x2) Part 2: Let me feel it all / Let me feel it all / Grief, grief and love / Let me feel it all / Let me feel it all Part 3: And all this grief, Give it to the water, Let it go (x2) Let it go Part 4: Heal this heart with a blessing / In motion / Carry it to the ocean / To the ocean Let it go, let it go |
13. To Know The Dark Music: Katie Hicks; Lyrics: Wendell Berry To go in the dark with a light is to know the light. To know the dark, go dark, go without sight. And find that the dark, too, blooms and sings, And is traveled by dark feet and dark wings. |
14. Grandmother Song – Recording I hear the voice of my ancestors calling I hear the voice of my ancestors song (x2) Singing wake up, wake up Child wake up, wake up Listen, Listen (x2) Repeat both verses indefinitely; layer in a round Adapted from Grandmother Song from unknown origins |
…feel a little more connected today
…get a little more grounded today
…be a little more free today
…___ a little more ____ today |
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| 12. Grief - Sarina Partridge – Recording Part 1: Grief / Moving through me / Let my body / Feel the waves of love, and (x2) Part 2: Let me feel it all / Let me feel it all / Grief, grief and love / Let me feel it all / Let me feel it all Part 3: And all this grief, Give it to the water, Let it go (x2) Let it go Part 4: Heal this heart with a blessing / In motion / Carry it to the ocean / To the ocean Let it go, let it go |
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| 13. To Know The Dark Music: Katie Hicks; Lyrics: Wendell Berry – Recording To go in the dark with a light is to know the light. To know the dark, go dark, go without sight. And find that the dark, too, blooms and sings, And is traveled by dark feet and dark wings. |
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| 14. Grandmother Song – Recording - Longer version here I hear the voice of my ancestors calling I hear the voice of my ancestors song (x2) Singing wake up, wake up Child wake up, wake up Listen, Listen (x2) Repeat both verses indefinitely; layer in a round Adapted from Grandmother Song from unknown origins |
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