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Unsteady Step
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“Unsteady Step” is based on a true story from Montevideo. It tells of a woman experiencing homelessness, trapped by an addiction to a smokable form of cocaine base ('pasta base'), and her young son. For a time, a residential support centre offered them shelter and the possibility of rebuilding their lives together. But repeated relapses eventually drew her back to the streets, until the authorities made the painful decision to separate them. The song lingers on that moment without judging her: the pain of a mother caught in addiction, the vulnerability of a child, and the bitter hope that he might have a better future, even if it meant being apart from her.
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Unsteady Step
Yeah, you see her walkin’ with that unsteady step as she takes control of that scene. On that same street she sleeps with no sheets. The cold, the rain her deadly companions. At night a light shines upon her face, while she's been dreamin 'bout being somewhere else Yearning to get out, to escape, be free again, to live again. Entrepeneur. Learned to take what's not hers. Been listening to that monkey on her back Got no shoes but still has money to use. It doesn't matter, doesn't care anymore At night a light shines upon her face, while she's been dreamin 'bout being somewhere else Yearning to get out, to escape, be free again, to live again. Eyes always on the horizon. It's written there "You won't make it to here" A whole life destined to oblivion, but no, doesn't have to be that way for you both Tiny eyes looking up at you That fragile soul is hurting you too Longing for the warmth of your chest To lose himself in a maternal caress You do feel his sorrow, you feel what his fearing but too far gone, you’ve no chance of healing Now they take him, they tear him from you but in your grief you recognise too there's hope... a better future may come. Yeah, you see her walkin with that unsteady step and again she takes control of that scene. On that same street she sleeps with no sheets. The cold, the rain her deadly companions. At night a light shines upon her face, no longer dreamin 'bout being somewhere else No longer yearning to get out, to escape, be free again, to live again.