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On Your Wings Lyrics
God, there is gold hidden deep in the ground
God, there's a hangman that wants to come around
How we rise when we're born
Like the ravens in the corn
On their wings, on our knees
Crawling careless from the sea
God, there are guns growing out of our bones
God, every road takes us farther from home
All these men that you've made
How we wither in the shade
Of your trees, on your wings
We are carried to the sea
God, give us love in the time that we have
God, there's a hangman that wants to come around
Like the ravens in the corn
On their wings, on our knees
Crawling careless from the sea
God, every road takes us farther from home
How we wither in the shade
Of your trees, on your wings
We are carried to the sea
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I like how the guitar sounds like a ticking clock
beautiful song, great album...
"every road takes us farther from home"
so true and so touching
This song is beautiful, just beautiful.
I think that this song is pretty self-explanatory. I think that it's a prayer/explanation for the state of humanity and the way that we go through life.
A good first song for an album that seems to have a lot to say about the briefness and sweetness and urgency of life. "God, give us love in the time that we have."
Sam Beam is the freaking best songwriter for the first decade of the new century. I love this song and I love this album. I hope he stays underground and doesn't blow up. He makes music the way he wants to make music and it pays off in so many artistic ways.
yeah, i hope he stays underground too...i love this song, i think its so beautiful.
underground? this music is soul-deep. the world deserves a listen.
For one reason or another i think that this prayer for the termination of human selfdestraction is on e of my not so favorite songs of iron & wine,but it's sound mesmerises me as well
As in "Free until they cut me down", the sea represents death.