Martha Wainwright

Far Away

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Far away
In some lovely way I hear your call
Whatever happened to them all?
Whatever happened to us all?

I know that we've never met before
But that was then, and now I need you more
Is someone here keeping the score?
Is there only dying at your door?
Taking me down off this cross
Lay me down, down, down in the dust
Whoa, love, take my hand across the crowd
I have been digging underground
What'er remains is yet to be found
I have no children
I have no husband
I have no reason
To be alive
Oh, give me one

Green grass blades are all on fire
I own the crack that's in the wind
From your window I see bars & the birds
They sing & they sing & they sing & they sing
And the dogs
They bark & they bark & they bark & they bark & they bark

Ah...

Whatever happened to them all?
Whatever happened to us all?

Annie had two young baby boys
And Jimi went crazy, crazy, crazy late last fall
Ah...

Submitted by

_ellie On May 31, 2005

Bloody Motherfucking Asshole

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_ellie

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2005-05-31 20:02:49

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by _thegreatesthits

19y ago

I don't reckon it's intentional, but parts of this song strongly remind me of passages from Sophocles' "Electra"...

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by ErotoMetropolis

18y ago

I think that it's a great opener.

Also, this lyric is my favorite part: There were six drunk men Six drunk men See how they fail See how they fail

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by ErotoMetropolis

18y ago

Wow; I feel really dumb about my that comment.

I realized that by the second part of that comment, I was on to G.P.T. :P

But yeah, still a great opener.

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by milk_eyed_mender

18y ago

Its 'High on the crack that's in the wind'.

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by Kip

17y ago

I think it's about the past. She's thinking about people she used to know- perhaps when she was in highschool.

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by brokentelephone78

9y ago

Yes it sounds like a song about people she used to know. This is one of my favourite songs...the whole album is incredible but this one shines brightly.

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