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Block Of Wood Lyrics
Grab your heart we need to leave
There's no time to cry or grieve
For the fallen family tree
Rise above the flooding plain
Crouching low to duck the flame
Generations against the grain
Up in smoke and down the drain
If the fire, if the flood
Burns the tree and thins the blood
If your tears don't want to dry
I can help you cry
Through the night
Through the night and day
I can't your pain away
But I can help you cry
We'll cut the branch from this tree
Carve a place for you and me
A wooden seat that we can string
From a branch where we can swing
We'll take this block of wood
Carve it down and sand it good
When finished it will be
A souvenir of the family tree
And if the fire, if the flood
Burns the tree and thins the blood
If your tears don't wanna dry
I can help you cry
Through the night
Through the night and day
I can't take your pain away
But I can help you cry
Through the night
Through the night and day
I can't take your pain away
I can try but
God help me please
Come save the family tree
My friends I broke them all
When falling off the wall
In the ash I found an ember
Something warm to help remember
A block of wood that used to be
A strong tall family tree
A strong tall family tree
Blowing in the breeze
Cry through the night
Through the night and day
I can't take your pain away
But I can help you cry
Through the night
Through the night and day
I can't take your pain away
But I can help you cry
There's no time to cry or grieve
For the fallen family tree
Crouching low to duck the flame
Generations against the grain
Up in smoke and down the drain
Burns the tree and thins the blood
If your tears don't want to dry
I can help you cry
Through the night
Through the night and day
I can't your pain away
But I can help you cry
Carve a place for you and me
A wooden seat that we can string
From a branch where we can swing
Carve it down and sand it good
When finished it will be
A souvenir of the family tree
Burns the tree and thins the blood
If your tears don't wanna dry
Through the night
Through the night and day
I can't take your pain away
But I can help you cry
Through the night
Through the night and day
I can't take your pain away
I can try but
Come save the family tree
My friends I broke them all
When falling off the wall
Something warm to help remember
A block of wood that used to be
A strong tall family tree
Blowing in the breeze
Through the night and day
I can't take your pain away
But I can help you cry
Through the night
Through the night and day
I can't take your pain away
But I can help you cry
Song Info
Submitted by
delish On Mar 02, 2007
More Carbon Leaf
What about everything?
Let Your Troubles Roll By
Changeless
The Boxer
Desperation Song
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I think that this song is about those who care about eachother sticking together. In the mist of a family falling apart ("come save the family tree"), this is an offer of help from a friend. The friend knows that he or she can't keep a family from breaking apart, but offers to be a shoulder to cry upon.
This song is EXACTLY what I need right now. My family is falling apart and I just need someone who will let me cry and let me get it all out, rather than making me hold it all in at risk or burdening others with my personal problems. This is a really powerful song. I love the idea of salvaging a "block of wood" as a "souvenir of the family tree".
I think it is about a family going through self-destruction, and how the individual takes a piece to remember his past but starts a new life but remembers his past "the block of wood" and the glowing ember "the warm, happy times", and luckily has a friend that is there to help him through.
This song is about a family falling apart. It's a song about things in the family that have soiled the tree and begun the destruction of it. The fabulous part about this song is how it is pointing out that no matter what's going on with the family, there is still a block of wood that's there. No matter what the mess is, there's still something great that can be made from what is there. It's like things fell apart, the tree is more or less gone, but there's something wonderful left - a souvenier from the family tree - like a souvenier from a wonderful journey. This is a great song of a family that has fallen apart.