Performed by Sweet Cascadia; written by Simon Hocking.
LYRICS
You Could be a Salmon
Em C G D
You could be a Salmon swimming in the ocean, you could be living for that upstream motion
You could be a sockeye dying in a creek, back to the land in a couple of weeks
You could be a cedar growing on the shoreline, every year salmon, an ancient timeline
Eating from the soil, drinking up the rain, standing through the seasons, time and again

& If you decide that you’re gonna eat Salmon, gonna eat Salmon
You got to know, you got to know how to keep the cycle going, keep the cycle going
& If you decide that you’re gonna eat Salmon, gonna eat Salmon
You got to know, you got to know how to keep the cycle going, keep the cycle going ..

You could be a bear cub learning how to fish, you could say that salmon is your favorite dish
Take it from the river, eat it by the shore, leave some for the forest & back for more
You could be an eagle flying for a steal, you could say that salmon is your favorite meal
You could be hovering, airborne & weightless, you could be interdependent & state-less

& If you decide that you’re gonna eat Salmon, gonna eat Salmon
You got to know, you got to know how to keep the cycle going, keep the cycle going
& If you decide, if you decide that you’re gonna eat Salmon, gonna eat Salmon
You got to know, you got to know how to keep the cycle going, keep the cycle going ..

You could be a valley, twin forest hillsides you could be a home protected from the outsides
You could feel the water following or chasing, a bioregion, a watershed basin …
You could be a river carving out stone, carrying the rain to its ultimate home
Carrying the forest, always in reach, rolling over rocks to a salty beach …

& If you decide that you’re gonna eat Salmon, gonna eat Salmon
You got to know, you got to know how to keep the cycle going, keep the cycle going
& If you decide that you’re gonna eat Salmon, gonna eat Salmon
You got to know, you got to know how to keep the cycle going, keep the cycle going ..

keep the cycle going .. keep the cycle going .. keep the cycle going .. keep the cycle going .. keep the cycle going ..
keep the cycle going .. keep the cycle going .. keep the cycle going,
& If you decide, if you decide that you’re gonna eat Salmon, gonna eat salmon
You got to know, you got to know, how to keep the cycle going
keep the cycle going .. keep the cycle going .. keep the cycle going .. keep the cycle going .. keep the cycle going ..