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Feel The Strain Of Sorrow Never Ceasing Lyrics
on the old forgotten crossways
where the fourteen rivers did meet
the bones of our elders
lying in the street
on a dark and dusty deserts
like a ghost I've flown
I barely cried when I arrived
I never found a home
ooh, feel the strain of sorrow
never ceasing
ooh, feel the strain of sorrow
never ceasing
I am a ramshackler
go from town to town
and when there is no shelter
I lay down on the ground
I killed every reason
they gave for me to stay
cussed the morning, burned the bone
and dragged that thing away
mmm, to the peace of sorrow
never ceasing
mmm, to the strain of sorrow
never ceasing
there's saints and there is animals
they've taken what they could
and it's written in the pages
do just like they should
they stood the test and burned the rest
and tore them limb from limb
and it's marked upon their faces
it's written on their skin
ooh, feel the strain of sorrow
never ceasing
mmm, feel the strain of sorrow
never ceasing
where the fourteen rivers did meet
the bones of our elders
lying in the street
on a dark and dusty deserts
like a ghost I've flown
I barely cried when I arrived
I never found a home
never ceasing
ooh, feel the strain of sorrow
never ceasing
go from town to town
and when there is no shelter
I lay down on the ground
I killed every reason
they gave for me to stay
cussed the morning, burned the bone
and dragged that thing away
never ceasing
mmm, to the strain of sorrow
never ceasing
they've taken what they could
and it's written in the pages
do just like they should
they stood the test and burned the rest
and tore them limb from limb
and it's marked upon their faces
it's written on their skin
never ceasing
mmm, feel the strain of sorrow
never ceasing
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Holy crap... now this is why I love Beck songs. Just so heavy and honest and yet I'm the first to post on them... HELLYEAH! I think this is about doing something you regret later... kind of a 'never get a second chance to make a first impression' idea. It also has a religious feel in the 3rd verse about being like saints. In Christianity a lot of emphasis is put on feeling 'sorrow' and somber for your sins.
...also this song is sorta grunge. That is the SHIZNIT
Beck sort of explained this, the one time he played it. It's about a specific character he had created, that lived around the 1890s. Beck gets a kick out of deliberately writing in a particular style of music; this seems to be in the country/folk storytelling vein. I'm glad he never prettied it up for an actual album, but it's sad this song is somewhat overlooked.
Beck sort of explained this, the one time he played it. It's about a specific character he had created, that lived around the 1890s. Beck gets a kick out of deliberately writing in a particular style of music; this seems to be in the country/folk storytelling vein. I'm glad he never prettied it up for an actual album, but it's sad this song is somewhat overlooked.