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Torn Vine

by The A.M.s

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This song is the result of processing my adoption and how it's affected my perspective of land, identity, and ancestry. I'd never before tried putting my experience into words. After sharing my lyrics with Adrian, he sent me his musical idea: a lyrical line over strumming harmonics, and I immediately heard percussive piano underneath it. We’ve been building on that idea ever since, creating layers upon layers, further illustrating the complex notion of identity. - Mariko

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Torn Vine

Sometimes I wonder if I’m too far uprooted
Am I cut too deep to lay claim to this land?
Perhaps I’m estranged, I’m too far pulled out
Left on the side with the weeds and the sand

Ooh, ooh, ooh, ooh

What happens when severed
But I still grow up strong?
Where do my veins reach?
Do I even belong?
Where do I pull from
When I stand in a crowd?
Where is my common face
Is it masked in a shroud?

Are these peaks my mountains?
Is this water my stream?
Can I claim this rock
A stretch though it seems?
My bare feet to the earth
Who hears me call?
Who feels my heartbeat
When I’m alone and small?

Which family’s ghosts
Will haunt me and play?
Which ancestor’s spirits
Protect me and stay?
What is blood? What are lines?
Are cuts healed through time?
Am I accepted, am I enough?
Are these vines sutured with love?

Ooh, ooh, ooh, ooh,

Sometimes I wonder if I’m too far uprooted
Sometimes I wonder can I lay claim to this land
Sometimes I wonder if I’m too far pulled out
Sometimes I wonder if I’m left on the side

Ooh, ooh, ooh, ooh

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released June 10, 2022
Adrian Libertini: lead vocals, guitars, bass
Mariko Langan: piano, backing vocals

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The A.M.s Seattle, Washington

The A.M.s are an eclectic indie duo separated by 1000 miles. Though their songs spread across diverse genres their sound is rooted in piano, guitar and upright bass. Lyrically driven, the music is woven from folk, soul, Americana, and world music, topped with Adrian’s expressive phrasing, and rounded out by Mariko’s inventive piano and harmonies. ... more

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