I Once Felt Safe by Hunter Prueger
A Salt Lake City based composer, Hunter's piece details the 2020 decision by officials at Brigham Young University to allow same sex relationships, only to reverse the decision later in the year.
Music and text: Hunter Prueger
Soprano: Amanda Achen
Acoustic guitar, electric guitar, mandolin: Andrew Murray
Text:
I Once Felt Safe
Somebody draped a colored flag around the neck of our founder like a cape
We kissed out in the open for everyone to see
That we were always here
As children didn’t we sing,
As I have loved you
Love one another?
As I have loved you
The constant fear and paranoia leaves
Evaporates away
And for the first time in my life I felt safe
I once felt safe
We gathered on the grass outside of their windows and we sang
We marched as we sang,
As I have loved you
Love one another
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