backwards Down The Number Line Lyrics
Blow out candles once again
Leave the presents all inside
Take my hand and let's take a ride
You were eight and I was nine
Do you know what happened then
Do you know why we're still friends
We've pushed through hardships tasted tears
We made a promise one to keep
I can still recite it in my sleep
Call your friend and sing a song
Or whisper it in to his ears
Or write it down just don't miss a year
How long it goes
But this remains
The only rule is it begins
Happy happy oh my friend
How long it goes
But this remains
The only rule is it begins
Backwards down the number line
Backwards down the number line
Backwards down the number line
How long it goes
But this remains
The only rule is it begins
Happy happy oh my friend
How long it goes
But this remains
The only rule is it begins
Backwards down the number line
Backwards down the number line
Backwards down the number line
Backwards down the number line
Backwards down the number line
Backwards down the number line
Trey debuted this one at the Rothbury Festival on July 6, 2008. Tom wrote it and mailed to Trey on his birthday. Alaska was also debuted at this time. Mike plays bass as well. Worth the download. Enjoy!
I thought that the song is written for Tom Marshall, childhood friend of Trey's and longtime phish lyricist. It is a description of the tradition that the two of them have had since they were 8 and 9. On the other guy's birthday, they either call, write down, or sing in person a new birthday song each year. The only rule is that the SONG begins, "Happy, happy, oh my friend". Hence the lyrics, the writer/singer decides what it contains, how long, etc. Song was written because the two had a small falling out following the apparent demise of phish in 2004