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Iron & Wine – Sodom, South Georgia Lyrics 4 years ago
@[broken:36054]-hallelujah beautifully put. Thank you

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Iron & Wine – Belated Promise Ring Lyrics 5 years ago
@[funkywinkerchicken:35584] you captured the whimsical nature and intrinsic metaphor of this song in a way I'd never considered. You are a true genius, Mr. WinkerChicken

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Iron & Wine – Serpent Charmer Lyrics 15 years ago
I'll be damned if I don't her another indictment of George W. Bush here with his dusty compass to map the country's new behavior...

Brave boys = soldiers
Empty coats of men = the bidnessmen that they fight for

The serpent charmer would be the generals leading the lambs (brave boys) to slaughter

Maybe the hunter in the fourth stanza is Cheney?

Can't figure out who the kitchen timer is though...

I know that Mr. Beam's lyrics are always (gloriously) interpretative, but that's what I be interpretating to-nite ya'll!

Fo sho,

Harold


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Iron & Wine – Walking Far from Home Lyrics 15 years ago
this is what I heard:


I was walking far from home
Where the names were not burned along the wall
Saw a building high as heaven
But the door was so small, door was so small
I saw rainclouds, little babies
And a bridge that had tumbled to the ground
I saw sinners making music
and I dreamt of that sound, dreamt of that sound
I was walking far from home
But I carried your letters all the while
I saw lovers in a window
Whisper "warn me like time, warn me like time"
I saw sickness blooming fruit trees
I saw blood and a bit of it was mine
I saw children in a river
But their lips were still dry, lips were still dry
I was walking far from home
And I found your face mingled in the crowd
Saw a boat full of believers
Sail off talking too loud, talking too loud
I saw sunlight on the water
Saw a bird fall like a hammer from the sky
and woman on a speed train
She was closing her eyes, closing her eyes
I saw flowers on a hillside
And a millionaire pissing on the lawn
Saw a prisoner take a pistol
And say "Join me in song, join me in song"
Saw a car crash in the country
Where the prayers run like weeds along the road
I saw strangers stealing kisses
Given only their clothes, only their clothes
Saw a white dog chase its tail
And a pair of hearts carved into a stone
I saw kindness and an angel
Crying, take me back home, take me back home
Saw a highway, saw an ocean
I saw widows in the temple to the Lord
Naked dancers in the city
How they spoke for us all, spoke for us all
I saw loaded linen tables
And a motherless coat then it was gone
I saw hungry brothers waiting
With a radio on, radio on
I was walking far from home
Where the names were not burned along the wall
Saw a red road form a circle
And it came like a call, came like a call
From the lord

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