You're Not Alone ft. Brandi Carlile (Official Music Video)

“You’re Not Alone” is an inspiring meditation on the power of ancestral strength and the essential nature of community. The track’s exquisite string arrangement is performed by Sista Strings: Monique Ross, Chauntee Ross, and Larissa Maestro. (The song originally appeared on Our Native Daughters’ acclaimed 2019 debut album.)

Allison Russell on “You’re Not Alone” featuring Brandi Carlile:

We are not alone.
We are not what we have lost.
We are more than the sum of our scars.

We are the dust of the stars, the bones of the Earth, the breath of the void, the expanse of our imaginations, the arc of art, the love in our hearts.

We lift each other up.

We are the “Beloved Community” every time we choose to be. Our Circle is battered and bloody but still, whole. None above, none below— our one human family— equal under the listening sky.

I believe what Alice Walker wrote:
“We are the ones we have been waiting for.”

Every child deserves to be loved and protected. Our families with LGBTQIA+ parents are just as precious.
No one should be forced into the sacred role of parenthood against their will.
Human Rights are worth fighting for.
We’ve come a long way, but we must go farther still.

I am grateful to my chosen family, Brandi, for singing “You’re Not Alone” with me, for inspiring me every day, for elevating everything, for leading the way.
We will not be turned back.
Love & Revolution

CREDITS:
Directed by: Allison Russell
Producer: Allison Russell, Mark Nesbitt
DP/Cinematographer: Rett Rogers
Editor: Samuel Halleen

Video footage recorded at Red Rocks Amphitheatre, Sept 9 and Sept 10, 2022
Courtesy of Denver Arts & Venues / City of Denver

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LYRICS:
Hey my little evening star
How bright you are
Anywhere you go
You’re not alone
Rocks and bugs and angel wings
Every little shiny thing
Anywhere you go
You’re not alone
You’re the North Star and the compass
Always finding something wondrous
Anywhere you go
You’re not alone

Wish that I could keep you from
Sorrow and harm
None of us is here for long
But you’re not alone
In the cradle of the circle
All the ones who came before you
Their strength is yours now
You’re not alone
Sparrows in the morning
Crows at dusk
Singing with your Mommies
We have love

We have love
We have love
We have love
You’re not alone

De L’Afrique à L’Acadie
De L’Europe aux Amériques
La musique nous réunis
Une Famille
La musique nous réunit
De L’ Ukraine au Sans Souci
Tigallum Tigalli on arrive
Une Famille, One Family

Hey my little evening star
How bright you are
We have Love
You’re not alone
We have love
We have love
We have love
You’re not alone
You’re not alone
You’re not alone

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Music video by Allison Russell performing You're Not Alone. © 2022 Fantasy Records, Distributed by Concord.

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