Chaos rained, the day you came
A hundred different lives you laid claim
And now I go home, to an empty space
A hundred different losses I have to face

So three set out to find you
Guided by a full moon
They found you there in the sky
A grizzly bear with piercing eyes

Ursa Major, great bear of no fear
Your blood paints our trees
About once every year
No matter how far I go
I know you’ll always appear
Oh, I love you so
Oh, I hate to go

They go far, to track you down
Paw prints emerge from the ground
To the highest peak, they climb it all
And straight into the sky they all fall

So we set out to find them
We came back empty handed
Three more losses we mourned
As three new stars had been born

Ursa Major, you’re all that I see
No other constellation means as much to me
No matter how far I go I’ll always know your worth
I’ll find you again real soon
Where the lights touch the earth

Ursa Major, great bear of no fear
Your blood paints our trees
About once every year
No matter how far I go
I know you’ll always appear
Oh, I love you so
Oh, I hate to go

About the artist:
GiGi is a 20-year old, American Indian artist and actress, born and raised just outside of San Francisco. GiGi’s American Indian heritage has always been a large part of who she is, and now she is sharing and honoring her culture through song. What started as drawings of constellations and a few chord progressions has taken off. GiGi’s music enthusiastically re-tells the stories that she loved as a kid and gives voice to new stories that deserve to be heard. As a solo artist, she writes and produces all her own music, and is now debuting her first single, Ursa Major. “Honor the land you are on, and share our stories, so that they will not be forgotten.”

“I hope that this song brings you comfort and light in a time of revolution. Ursa Major is based on the story of The Celestial Bear from the Iroquois tribe. Let it be a reminder that we are still here. Aheeiyeh, my friends.”
– GiGi Buddie, PO ’22