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Have you ever seen a fish
leap up from a quiet stream
shine a moment in the light
Then fall away again?
Have you seen it sister?
Will you come outside
and see?
Have you ever seen the rain
turn the Earth to mud
and watched the mud turn gold
in the rising sun?
Have you seen it brother?
Will you come outside
and see?
Will you go with me tonight?
down to the lowland field
too hear the Frogs singing
The air so hot and still?
Will you go sister?
Will you go with me tonight?
Down in the flooded field
the Earth is wet and dark.
Down in the flooded field
beneath the fallin' stars.
Lie down in the dirt brother
we are mirror to the night.
Lie down in the dirt sister
we are mirrors of the night.
leap up from a quiet stream
shine a moment in the light
Then fall away again?
Have you seen it sister?
Will you come outside
and see?
turn the Earth to mud
and watched the mud turn gold
in the rising sun?
Have you seen it brother?
Will you come outside
and see?
down to the lowland field
too hear the Frogs singing
The air so hot and still?
Will you go sister?
Will you go with me tonight?
the Earth is wet and dark.
Down in the flooded field
beneath the fallin' stars.
we are mirror to the night.
Lie down in the dirt sister
we are mirrors of the night.
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tindalos On Jun 03, 2015
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ThunderDownCountry calls Handsome Family a "Criminally overlooked duo." http://songmeanings.com/songs/view/3530822107858760979/?&specific_com=73015751950#comments
Certainly apt. Rennie's voice has a depth and richness that I can't compare to any other singer I've heard. Combined with Brett's sweet lilting harmony, it becomes an incredibly sensual ballad but taken as a whole, I don't pick up on a sexual theme to the song. It doesn't seem right to just leave it at a song about life and death either, even though that is there. I see it as being more about when a moment has passed that draws you into a state of contemplation of your nature as a human being.