Song information On this page you can read the lyrics of the song A Song for Our Grandfathers , by - Future Islands. Song from the album Singles, in the genre ИндиRelease date: 23.03.2014
Record label: 4AD
Song language: English
A Song for Our Grandfathers |
| 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 |