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“It\u2019s a sad one to share during the holidays, but the world is hurting and we shouldn\u2019t look away,” the collaborators said in a statement<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n
\n\tThis holiday season, collaborators Gracie Abrams<\/a>, Aaron Dessner<\/a>, and Bon Iver<\/a> are honoring victims of gun violence with the charity single \u201cSold Out.\u201d <\/a>The record arrives in the wake of the recent shooting at Brown University<\/a>, which left two students dead and nine others injured. But the trio recorded the song last year following a different mass shooting.<\/p>\n \n\t\u201cWe made this song last year in the wake of a school shooting,\u201d the musicians said in a collaborative statement. \u201cWe were reminded of it this week as our hearts were broken yet again. It\u2019s a sad one to share during the holidays, but the world is hurting and we shouldn\u2019t look away.\u201d<\/p>\n \n\tOn the opening verse of \u201cSold Out,\u201d Abrams sings, \u201cHiding from a gun inside your high school\/Just another Tuesday, normal, old news\/Someone spilled their blood on Molly\u2019s white shoes\/Someone called their mother from the bathroom.\u201d <\/p>\n \n\tThe pre-chorus calls out those in positions of power who perpetuate the prevalence of gun violence in the U.S. \u201cAll the men in suit and ties\/And their empty words\/In their thoughts and prayers tonight\/While the country burns\/They collect a check in pride\/And the system works\/And we all stay terrified.\u201d<\/p>\n