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A Song for Our Grandfathers Lyrics
Been a long time, in a low place
Surrounded by what I have made
Need to get away
Get away from what relates
And what was done
Cuz it's all over now
Through the woods, I come running to loose leaf
And carve my name
In the lines, there's not a trace
I hear the ghost whisper, and those old eyes watching me
But I feel safe
Grandfather looking over me
He said:
Don't make them wait
Gotta go a long way
Let's be brave
Don't make them wait
Nah, don't make them wait
I sat down, with a coffee on my bent knee
Looking out, at the burnt land, looking back at me
These used to be green crops
And high on a summer breeze
Now it's fallow fields and clear-cut barren weeds
They said that if I stared
The abyss would stare back at me
So I did...
And I felt it slowly creep in me
Save for the smoke, that danced when I took a drag
It made me think about the way it all came to be
Grandmama watching over me
And she said
Don't make them wait
Gotta go a long way
Let's be brave
Show them the way
Nah, don't make them wait
Don't make them wait, nah
Don't make them wait
I hear the ghost whisper
And those old eyes watching me
But I feel safe
I feel safe
Surrounded by what I have made
Need to get away
Get away from what relates
And what was done
And carve my name
In the lines, there's not a trace
I hear the ghost whisper, and those old eyes watching me
But I feel safe
Don't make them wait
Gotta go a long way
Let's be brave
Don't make them wait
Nah, don't make them wait
Looking out, at the burnt land, looking back at me
These used to be green crops
And high on a summer breeze
Now it's fallow fields and clear-cut barren weeds
The abyss would stare back at me
So I did...
And I felt it slowly creep in me
Save for the smoke, that danced when I took a drag
It made me think about the way it all came to be
Don't make them wait
Gotta go a long way
Let's be brave
Show them the way
Nah, don't make them wait
Don't make them wait
And those old eyes watching me
But I feel safe
I feel safe
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This is my favorite of their songs, its message really speaks to me about how those who have passed still have an effect on our lives, through the words they spoke or the love they shared.
Right? This song is just drips of sound of visuals.. the lead singers writing is some of the best I have ever read.. I can't stop listening to them!!
Right? This song is just drips of sound of visuals.. the lead singers writing is some of the best I have ever read.. I can't stop listening to them!!
Sam Herring had such a poetic intro to this song:
"This one is a Song for Our Grandfathers. This song's about burn-out tobacco fields of the south east and an understanding that one way or another there is a past that far precedes us and is pushing us into this very moment..."
source: http://youtu.be/1lZcJG3AsxE?t=28m32s
@mikec https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1lZcJG3AsxE start around 28:30
@mikec https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1lZcJG3AsxE start around 28:30
Really touching song. Incredible message to send out in the world.
This song caught my attention while channeling surfing on tv and happened upon their appearance on Austin City Limits and I started watching the show. Then when he sang "Seasons" and I saw how he danced, I knew he was a mad genius and I was hooked.