Name: Delta
Duration: P00H03M01S
Description: This song was inspired by a VICE documentary about Nigerian oil pirates that aired on their HBO show. It's about the resignation and helplessness people face when their lives come between corporate interests and profit.

Delta

from Fly Home by Autumn Spirit

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This song was inspired by a VICE documentary about Nigerian oil pirates that aired on their HBO show. It's about the resignation and helplessness people face when their lives come between corporate interests and profit.

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You took my land
Now I'm on the river

If I forced your hand
Would you do what you had to do?

Calculate this, man
Design my hidden fate

Made to seem like chance
But somewhere it's all written down

They call me “wraith”
Leaving destruction in my wake

But those who depend on me come first
Just as those you chose to feed

This poison is our cure
Your line remains ensured

On the Nigerian delta...

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from Fly Home, released December 15, 2014
Music and lyrics by Eric Burnet

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Autumn Spirit Montreal, Québec

Autumn Spirit is a folk rock project created by Montreal-based musician, Eric Burnet (Derelict, Samskaras). A wide variety of influences meet to form often melancholic and sometimes progressive folk songs, peppered with hints of latin rhythms and heavy metal arrangements. Burnet is accompanied by drummer Jordan Perry. ... more

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