Seven Seas (Original Song) by Seth Staton Watkins
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Published 2024-06-27
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Special thanks to Thomas Wyatt Watkins (my father) on the violin.
Originally posted in January 2021, I have re-recorded this now for a full release on all music platforms.
The world is in an undeniable and seemingly perpetual state of crisis. Systemic racism, wealth inequality, and genocidal wars continue to suppress our humanity and curtail equal opportunity for all, and the climate crisis remains largely unabated and continually fueled by the greed and apathy of the pecuniary giants birthed from the inequity of unfettered capitalism. The white-supremacist, fascist, and ethno-nationalist movements across the planet appear as the culmination of years of unbridled words of hatred and division, come once again to violent fruition. However, in spite of all this, we must continue the fight so that the fruit of our many labors might be realized, for "we will sail across the seven seas, we will stem the tide of hate and rapacity, we will shout from valley and from peak, until we live in peaceful harmony."
Though written nearly four years ago, this song is for all humanity, for all time. Through it, I wanted to speak to the monumental, primordial struggle for equality that spans the course of human history. The great seas and oceans of the earth were once seen as a great obstacle to overcome, hence the metaphor. But as the seas were tamed, and the land cultivated, we began to look around at who we are and what we are. There was nowhere left to hide from the more grotesque aspects of our existence, no glory left to be found, and so there were those that began to step forward and illuminate those darker corners of the social paradigms we create and rediscover those bright spots spanning the entirety of the anthropological record from prehistoric peoples to the modern day, stamped out by colonial conquests but never fully erased from our minds. Let us revere the new pioneers and the old, those warriors for justice that are building new realities, boldly standing on infirm ground, ground that deserves to be made firm by the love and affirmation of those that follow.
So despite the hardships we face, cheers to our journey on space-ship earth, sailing inexorably across the cosmos with the most peculiar creatures the known universe has ever seen. Let’s make our mark a good one, one that may be observed with reverence by yet unknown life to come.
Lyrics:
I am a nomad
I’ll walk this noble land
I’ll trace the seven seas to find my heart’s desire
I am a soldier
I will not hesitate
I’ll fight for good and right until my dying day
I will sail across the seven seas
I will climb to every mountain peak
I will run through valley and through stream
Till I find the life that I seek
I’ll take my rapier
And stand before the man
Who doesn’t give a damn, as his bloody scams, destroy the people’s land
I will stand tall
On my own two feet
And fight the greed and misery that plagues society
I will sail across the seven seas
I will find the Garden of the Hesperides
I will fight with the might of Hercules
And bear its fruit for all the world to see
When silence hits your ear
When justice fades away
We’ll march against those bloody racist, fascist men
And when they turn away
To ignore the people here
We’ll speak the truth until we mend this broken world
I will sail across the seven seas
I will take your hand and walk that bloody street
I won’t run when the bullets and gas tanks fly
We will stand and cry as tears fill our eyes
When forests stand ablaze
In the face of man’s mistake
We’ll fight the pecuniary giants with sling and rock in hand
As rubbish fills the world
And sterling wins the day
We’ll take our planet back from here to Paraguay
I will sail across the seven seas
I will sit beneath the eternal Banyan tree
I will give its empty seeds to sow
And from that nothing will a mighty Banyan grow
And to my brothers and sisters around
We cannot wait for our fathers and our mothers
To do what is right for the good of our world
The time has come to stand on our own
The time has come to tell them no
The time has come to change our ways
Or there'll be nothing left, but fear and death, in this land that we call home
So we’ll sail across the seven seas
We will stem the tide of hate and rapacity
We will shout from valley and from peak
Until we live in peace and harmony
So we’ll sail across the seven seas
We will stem the tide of hate and rapacity
We will shout from valley and from peak
Until we live in peace and harmony
All Comments (21)
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A neo traditional folk tune with the energy of the 1960s and music styles of roots and old timey sounds a poem truly protest folk ballads for 2024 Pete and the weavers along with Woody and Cisco would be proud
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It is rare for good performers to also make good poetry/ compositions. And most that do begin to lower their quality after too much success. You always have room to grow, of course. And your politics could improve some :) But your ear for quality still rings true. Don't quit. God bless,
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This was awesome to listen to! It definitely sounds like a Pete Seeger song, it has that great mix of folk roots and "take it to the man" lyrics. I really enjoyed this song, thank you so much for sharing it with us. :)
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I've been singing this all morning 🙌🎶
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Great song bro🎉🎉🎉🎉 , go ahead ❤❤from Gaza My Allah bless you ❤❤❤
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i love this song for many reasons . Best wishes to Seth Staton.
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Great song my friend keep up the good work!
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This was a favourite of mine, its great to see it remade and improved.
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great job! very pretty beach yo filmed on!
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Seth, your description for this song should be turned into a song of its own! Thank you for this!
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all seas all lands all brave souls and And all the tormented wishes of childhood greet you, wonderful young artist
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Good lord 19 seconds
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My favorite part was when you rocked your inner bard and sung your guitar around lol
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I am in love with the new strength and clarity of the lyrics and delivery💚💚💚
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Brilliant Seth! we really enjoyed it 🌸keep going strongly 💪🔥
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this remaster somehow improves perfection
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The stuff you’re doing right now might be the first line of your obituary and you’re killing it. I hope your parents are proud
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This is SOOOO Good. I think this is my new wake-up song.
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Amazing! it would be cool if you did a cover of the Wolfe Tones James Connolly song. It was one of the old Irish rebel songs my father would often sing to me as a child.
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Thank you for this. God bless
