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My roots are deeper than the bones, the others
My colors that change with the sun
My branches, we're higher
Than anything on the hillside
On the day that I watched them all come
Some wear the color of the sky in the winter
Some, we're as blue as the night
They came like a storm with the light of the morn
And they fell through the whole day and night
Colors flew high and they danced in the sky
As I watched them come over the hill
Then to my wonder, sticks that made thunder
Such a great number lay still
When the light came again
There was death on the wind
As the buzzards made way for the worms
And the little white trees that don't bend in the breeze
For the ones that will never return
Colors flew high and they danced in the sky
As I watched them come over the hill
Then to my wonder, sticks that made thunder
Such a great number lay still
Those that have fallen, come when I call them
And answer the best that they can
But all they can see is what they used to be
And that's all that they understand
Colors flew high and they danced in the sky
As I watched them come over the hill
Then to my wonder, sticks that made thunder
Such a great number lay still
Colors flew high and they danced in the sky
As I watched them come over the hill
Then to my wonder, sticks that made thunder
Such a great number lay still
My colors that change with the sun
My branches, we're higher
Than anything on the hillside
On the day that I watched them all come
Some, we're as blue as the night
They came like a storm with the light of the morn
And they fell through the whole day and night
As I watched them come over the hill
Then to my wonder, sticks that made thunder
Such a great number lay still
There was death on the wind
As the buzzards made way for the worms
And the little white trees that don't bend in the breeze
For the ones that will never return
As I watched them come over the hill
Then to my wonder, sticks that made thunder
Such a great number lay still
And answer the best that they can
But all they can see is what they used to be
And that's all that they understand
As I watched them come over the hill
Then to my wonder, sticks that made thunder
Such a great number lay still
As I watched them come over the hill
Then to my wonder, sticks that made thunder
Such a great number lay still
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Very succinctly, I its about war.
@scottwilliams It is about war... more specifically the American Civil War as viewed by a witness tree.
@scottwilliams It is about war... more specifically the American Civil War as viewed by a witness tree.
To me, this song is about the slaughter of Native Americans.
Sticks that made thunder- they were unfamiliar with guns.
Those that have fallen come when I call them- this is about ancestors.
My roots are deeper than the bones the others, my colors they change with the sun.- the speaker is native american.
This could be through my lens, as I am about a quarter or so. Just sayin' this is what I thought when I first heard this song. Beautiful.
@lorac208 You'd be wrong.... Some wear the color of the sky in the winter(southern grey) Some, we're as blue as the night (Union Blue)
@lorac208 You'd be wrong.... Some wear the color of the sky in the winter(southern grey) Some, we're as blue as the night (Union Blue)
The song is told from the the trees prespective...Not natives... Those that have fallen are the soliders that the little white trees that don't bend in the breeze, for those that will never return ...a National cemetary...or battlefield cemetary.. My roots are deeper than the bones of the others.......it is a tree...
The song is told from the the trees prespective...Not natives... Those that have fallen are the soliders that the little white trees that don't bend in the breeze, for those that will never return ...a National cemetary...or battlefield cemetary.. My roots are deeper than the bones of the others.......it is a tree...
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This song is about a tree (symbolizing nature, God, Mother Nature, take your pick) watching a battle in the American Civil War. "My roots are deeper than the bones, the others My colors that change with the sun (leaves changing season to season) My branches, we're higher Than anything on the hillside" And this points to more of the God/Mother Nature spiritual nature of the narrator: "Those that have fallen, come when I call them And answer the best that they can"
And the Civil War participants (the Blue and the Grey) Some wear the color of the sky in the winter Some, we're as blue as the night
And then of course the flags flying: Colors flew high and they danced in the sky
This song is clearly referencing the American Civil War from the perspective of a very tall tree that is remembering a terrible battle of many years ago. His “roots are deeper than the bones, the others”
The “color of the sky in winter” is gray, the color of the Confederate soldiers’ uniforms. “Blue as the night” are the Union soldiers’ uniforms. “They fell through the whole day and night.” Obviously the soldiers were dying in battle.
The “colors flew high as they danced in the sky” are the flags of each of these warring armies that the tree saw as they came over the hill. The “sticks that made thunder” are their rifles.
The “little white trees that don’t bend in the breeze” are the crosses marking the graves of the soldiers, “the ones that will never return.”
It is a hauntingly sad song with an absolutely captivating tune that I cannot seem to get out of my mind. In spite of this, it is still one of my favorite Steel Drivers songs.