Bear Kids

September 19th, 2005 The last day my dad was alive, I think I woke up on a band room floor On tour in Vancouver A knock on the door I had no cell phone "Your father is missing" He was working outside of his lands North of the Secwepemcúl'ecw On his way home to my mother One flat tire 7 kilometers back to camp One meme7 r skeḿcis Two skemcesíselt One meme7 r skeḿcis Two skemcesíselt Xyum I was 21 when you took everything from me I was 21 when you took everything from me Everything from me Many years later skeḿcis visited me By a cold clear river The same one I think where my dad called my mom to say "Hey handsome, I'm gonna see you soon" Skeḿcis visited me up Paradise Passed Toby Creek and the pink fireweed And she said to me "Me7 kecstin tek stem" I will give you something "Me7 kecstin tek stem" I said, "kuckstétsme" "Kuckstétsme skeḿcis" Give it to me Give it to me, bear Made my egg split in two I've got bear kids just like you Made my egg split in two I've got bear kids just like you Bear kids just like you And that was Grizzly's gift to me Two cubs for my father And that was Grizzly's gift to me Two cubs For my father