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What does love require?

Friend Andrea

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Friend Andrea
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    Bridge of friendship feat. Francis Groft 3:52
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This EP is a journey of finding voice- how to use our voices individually and collectively, how to deeply listen to others' voices, and how we can work together for change. 

The songs are purposefully raw to hold human presence in an increasingly AI-polished world. I offer them as musical accompaniment for our shared journey through these times.

With the exception of The queen which was recorded in the fall of 2025, the rest of this EP was recorded and produced during the month of Feb 2026 as part of the RPM Challenge.

Credits:
Andrea Szirbik Groft- songwriting, recording, pre-mixing, vocals, ukulele, guitar percussion, cover art; Sarah Wappler- bass, The queen; Duncan Watt- mixing, mastering, bass- Listen to Benito

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Puente de Amigos is a New England Yearly Meeting group that fosters friendship, intervisitation, and dialogue between Cuban and New England Friends, and provides direct aid for Cuban Friends and their surrounding communities. You can learn more about Puente here: https://neym.org/committees/puente-de-amigos 

EP Lyrics

The Queen

Pawn to E4

Feeling sure of myself

Safely castle

Keep two feet on the ground

Moving forward

Clock is ticking

Don’t let it get you down

 

Tried to capture

But didn’t think it through

Feel the upset

Of many pieces to lose

Don’t let your blunders leave you frozen

Girl, you’ve still gotta move, move, move

 

I was looking for a knight to come save me, save me

 

Playing cautiously with a need for approval

But you know what? I’m about to undo

All the worries and the baggage

And I’m just gonna move, move, move

 

CHORUS

I was looking for a knight to come save me, save me

Then I realized that I’m the queen

And I can move wherever I want

Wherever I want

 

Think you know me? Predicting my moves

Well this is Gambit style with nothing to prove

If I’m learning, then I’m winning

And I cannot lose, lose, lose 

 

CHORUS

 

Yes I can move, move, move

Wherever I want

Bridge of Friendship 

 

Though so much lies between us

Rules and distance and time

There is a love that builds bridges

Oh it is a love that binds

 

Parece que nos separan

Las reglas, el tiempo y la distancia

Pero hay un amor que construye puentes

Que no se caerán

 

CHORUS: 

No se caerán ni en la oscuridad

Porque el amor alumbrará nuestro camino

Thought we stumble we won’t fall

Because the One who holds us all

Knows that we can’t hold this all alone 

Y nos dio un puente de amigos 

 

No one is an island

We’re made to reach beyond ourselves

Building up bridges of friendship

For through them we’re all held

Juntos o separados

Ninguno se queda olvidado

Porque cuando un puente de amigos se construye

No se caerá

 

CHORUS

 

No matter where our feet may stand

There’s nothing that this bridge can’t withstand

 

CHORUS

 

 

Jesus too 

We can read the words

Memorize each verse

But do we hear the messages? 

 

We may know the name

But his life shows the way. 

Without works, what is faith? 

 

Would you round up Jesus too?

Would you cuff his holy hands

‘Cause he tried to find a safer land? 

Would you lock him in a cell,

beat him down and ignore his health? 

Would you round up Jesus as well?

 

I heard that he once said

How we hurt or help

Is how we treat him as well

 

Would you round up Jesus too?

Would you cuff his holy hands

‘Cause he tried to find a safer land? 

Would you lock him in a cell,

beat him down and ignore his health? 

Would you round up Jesus as well?

 

Would you round up Jesus too?

Would you cuff his holy hands

‘Cause he tried to find a safer land? 

Would you lock him in a cell,

beat him down and ignore his health? 

Would you round up Jesus as well?