A recording of a moment in time, where I was physically there, and it's now in a song … - Shura

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Reconciliation requires changes of heart and spirit, as well as social and economic change. It requires symbolic as well as practical action.

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A recording of a moment in time, where I was physically there, and it's now in a song for all eternity, in a way. It's really weird. I had written the song, but I'm also physically there in a way I'm physically inside the song, because I've recorded something that's in there.

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