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Lowlands Lyrics
Saw a girl on the street from my home
Like a fire on a hillside, she shone
And I knew right then that my best days were gone
And I'd been in the Lowlands too long
Oh I've been in the Lowlands too long
Oh I know, I know that I should go
And I've been in the Lowlands too long
This is not how it was at the start
There's a doubt and a blame in my heart
And it's no-one else, no fault but my own
I've been in the Lowlands too long
Oh I've been in the Lowlands too long
Oh I know, I know that I should go
And I've been in the Lowlands too long
What is this weight on my mind?
And what is this new sense of time?
It's the open fields and the friends that are gone
I've been in the Lowlands too long
Can sing out.. city song
I can do nothing all the day long
But I can't do right and I know I'm wrong
I've been in the Lowlands too long
Oh I've been in the Lowlands too long
Oh I know, I know that I should go
And I've been in the Lowlands too long
Like a fire on a hillside, she shone
And I knew right then that my best days were gone
And I'd been in the Lowlands too long
Oh I know, I know that I should go
And I've been in the Lowlands too long
There's a doubt and a blame in my heart
And it's no-one else, no fault but my own
I've been in the Lowlands too long
Oh I know, I know that I should go
And I've been in the Lowlands too long
And what is this new sense of time?
It's the open fields and the friends that are gone
I've been in the Lowlands too long
I can do nothing all the day long
But I can't do right and I know I'm wrong
I've been in the Lowlands too long
Oh I know, I know that I should go
And I've been in the Lowlands too long
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Submitted by
smallwonderrobot On Sep 20, 2006
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You live your life. You start out young and optimistic and full of life and laughter and dreams. Life eventually beats you down. Life becomes one damned thing after another: disappointment, illness, heartbreak, loss, anxiety, uncertainty, depression, conflict.
At some point you realize you are getting old; you are set in your ways; you lack energy; you are beaten down; you don't have the energy to change things because you've been in the lowlands too long, and time is running out.
This is a song about growing old.