- Infant-Elegy-0.mp3
- Infant-Elegy-0.mp4
- Infant-Elegy-I.mp3
- Infant-Elegy-I.mp4
- Infant-Elegy-Unplugged-Underground-VII.mp3
- Infant-Elegy-Unplugged-Underground-VII.mp4
- Infant-Elegy-Unplugged.mp3
- Infant-Elegy-Unplugged.mp4
- Infant-Elegy-acoustic.mp3
- Infant-Elegy-electric.mp3
[Intro]
Tragically
Ironic
Ironically
Sophomoric
[Verse 1]
Oh (woe)
Oh no (no know)
So sadly
(An elegy)
[Bridge]
Sadly…
(Infant mortality)
The reality
[Chorus]
It’s up to us
(To make a fuss)
It’s up to you
(To pull through)
[Bridge]
And, please save me
(From your purity)
[Verse 2]
Neither of us
Would ever remain
(The same)
Tragically
(An elegy)
For a family
[Bridge]
Sadly…
(Infant mortality)
The reality
[Chorus]
It’s up to us
(Do more n’ cuss)
It’s up to you
(To pull through)
[Bridge]
And, please save me
(From your purity)
[Outro]
Be set free
(From your cruelty)
ABOUT THE SONG
A study by Ohio State found U.S. infant mortality increased 7% in the months following Dobbs and a 10% increase of babies with genetic, chromosomal disorders.
The inhumanity of forced infant mortality is devastating. I’ve hesitated to share my story of infant loss and its profound impact on my family, but I now feel that shedding light on this tragedy could help others understand. In my case, it wasn’t the result of forced infant mortality as we’re seeing with the overturning of Roe v. Wade, but it’s still relevant to what many are experiencing today.
I held my lifeless, black-and-blue daughter in my arms—a memory that will never fade. The pregnancy had been harrowing, with complications that affected the mother more than the baby. She struggled immensely to carry the pregnancy to term, and when the baby was born prematurely, she didn’t survive long after birth.
Neither of us were ever the same, and it likely played a major role in the end of our marriage. So, I find it tragically ironic that Republicans are intentionally imposing policies that will lead to more dead infants, more shattered families, and, perhaps unwittingly, less of the ‘purity’ they seem to be chasing.