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Storytellers (feat. Stockton a Cappella & David Hess)

from Once Upon Deep Time by Matthew Bonnan

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We learn best from stories: they are the gift that connects us with our long-lost ancestors and with each other’s humanity.

And a personal discovery as a scientist – the story, not the data, is the power ...

lyrics

I, I can tell you a story
But it’s not only mine to tell
It’s made of our shared anatomy
And ancient rocks that sing as well

Oh us, only we possess this gift
To know all of our ancestors long gone
A story, bringing us all together now
United through flesh and blood and time and song

Oh, and we, we’re all storytellers
Yeah, we, we are all the story
We’re just chemo-electric souls
Telling stories with vibrating bones
And that’s how the past comes home to you and me
And we, we are all the story (you can hear us)
Yeah, we, we are all the story (deep inside you)

Oh, me, well I’ve been siloed for too long now
Suffocating in this ivory tower
Oh, I, I thought the data did the speaking
But now I know the story is the power!

So, can I reach you from a distance?
Can you feel my state of mind?
Has our imagination run astray?
Have we all run out of time?

If I can hear you
And you can hear me
And if we hear each other’s stories
Then there’s still time

Oh, you, you want to hear a story
It’s the most human thing we need
Oh, us, we’re all a part of this story
This tree of life, you and me

Oh, and we, we’re all storytellers
Yeah, we, we are all the story
We’re just chemo-electric souls
Telling stories with vibrating bones
And that’s how the past comes home to you and me
Oh, and we, we are all the story (you can hear us)
Yeah, we, we are all the story (all around you)

There are walls where none should be
So, we must tell each other’s stories
And I believe that will help to set us free
Because we, we are all the story
Yes, we, we are all the story

credits

from Once Upon Deep Time, released December 16, 2022
Matthew Bonnan - all instruments and vocals except*
*Stockton a Cappella (directed by Neil Aaronson) - supporting vocals
*David Hess - lead & rhythm guitars
Arrangement and recording of Stockton a Cappella by Neil Aaronson

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Matthew Bonnan Hammonton, New Jersey

I am a dinosaur paleontologist and singer/songwriter. My songs focus on evolution and our connection to the tree of life.

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