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by Alev Lenz (b. 1982)

Crab Grief
Language: English 
Grief is soft 
I’m gonna stay on E the whole time …  
I’m gonna stay on E the whole time …  
I’m gonna stay on E the whole time

Grief is soft 
So the horseshoe crab struggles

Grief is soft 
So the horseshoe crab struggles

Grief is soft why does
The horseshoe crab struggle ?

Grief is soft why does
The horseshoe crab struggle ?

Grief is soft why does my heart feel hard?
The horse shoe crab struggle?

Grief is soft why does my heart feel hard?
Bleed it must, so the horse shoe crab struggles  

I seek to heal 
And grieve the absence 

I seek to heal 
And grieve the absence 

I seek to heal 
Bleed it must and grieve the absence 

I seek to heal, to prevent and also profit 
Bleed it must and grieve the absence 

I seek to heal, to prevent and also profit 
Bleed it must and grieve the absence 
Too much
Of it’s blood (repeat)

Let”s be real
The crab will forget 
We ever excited 
A blip in it”s timeline
Of over 400 million 
Years on this planet

Is that why we hunt so only we have the power to forget?

Grieve the living 
for we must carry onwards
Detectives of memories
Like sprite cranberry
The stars all dead and supernovas fading
Brightly 
We risk life
Everyday a-new
spectacle! A tragedy!
With clarity 
we urge you
Plunge into life!

Text Authorship:

  • by Alev Lenz (b. 1982)

Musical settings (art songs, Lieder, mélodies, (etc.), choral pieces, and other vocal works set to this text), listed by composer (not necessarily exhaustive):

  • by Alev Lenz (b. 1982), "Crab Grief", 2024 [ women's chorus ], Bosworth Music GmbH
        Publisher: Wise Music Classical [external link]  [sung text checked 1 time]

Researcher for this page: Joost van der Linden [Guest Editor]

This text was added to the website: 2026-03-13
Line count: 47
Word count: 234

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