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Enewetak Atoll
03:34
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My grandpa
Told me a story of a
Beach in the shape of a halo
Floating
Like a memory of seafoam
Green from a toxic wastehole
Buried in the deep blue sea
A half-life away from me
Buried in the deep blue sea
A dome made of concrete
Come for the coral reef and
Wait for the fallout
Surf with me now buddy
Enewetak Atoll
My grandpa
Told me another story
This one was after the war though
1970
Was the year a tree fell on me
Somewhere in the Alleghenies
Barely even listening
I asked “what about that beach?
Tell me more about this ring”
This whole thing is haunting me!
Come for the coral reef and
Wait for the fallout
Surf with me now buddy
Enewetak Atoll
We don’t talk at all about
Enewetak Atoll,
How come
We don’t talk at all about
Enewetak Atoll?
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2. |
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Speak now
Don’t gather a crowd
There’s no time to weep
I look at my feet
Feelin’ I should write this down
The times that we had
But what we had has evaporated
Driving up
The last leg
Taking a trip around
I’ll be leavin’ for Cleveland
Gonna leave my smalltown
We drown
Outside is allowed
There’s no time to sleep, we’ll
Turn around, we’ll
Just turn around now
Gathering the harvest you sewed
A patch upon the sweater that I borrow
Reads, “every little piece I have must go”
Cuz now I’m free
When I listened to your lectures
I would grown
I busy paving over this old road
When I
Should’ve just quietly followed
Down the path you cleared for me
Speak speak to me
I swear I heard you talking in your sleep
But it’s hard to communicate
When you’re all the way up in the family tree
Gathering the harvest you sewed
A patch upon the sweater that I borrow
Reads, “every little piece I have must go”
Cuz now I’m free
When I listened to your lectures
I would grown
I busy paving over this old road
When I
Should’ve just quietly followed
Down the path you cleared for me
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3. |
Grace
03:50
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When my mother almost died
With family by her side
You were always near
Your foundation anchoring
A place for me to cling
To keep me safe from fear
And as time seemed to stand
You were an outreached hand
While I was drowning
And when I lost my way
I felt your anchor’s weight
Would keep me grounded
And I can hear you
Call for me
Call for me
When I heard your spirit passed
On a hospital mattress
With family by your side
I called my cousin Harrison
Who was with you when
Heaven opened wide
Mother’s Day cards on your nightstand
You felt an outreached hand - hovering
And when Amazing Grace was played
The hand it touched your face - lovingly
I can hear you
Call for me
Call for me
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4. |
The Other Side
04:19
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When I was kid
I didn’t realize it
You were always on my side
Now I admit
And even sympathize with
Just how much you sacrificed
The little things went so unnoticed
The little things can bring you down
Just wish I could meet you again now
Wish I could get rid
Of all the background noises
That danced around
Inside your head
And share this gift
Without you’d it’d be voiceless
There’s a lot I should have said
The little things went so unnoticed
The little things can bring you down
Just wish I could meet you again now
I can’t wait to
Meet you on the other side
I can’t wait to
Meet you on the other side
That’s ok, I can’t wait awhile
To meet you on the other side
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5. |
We Are Because You Were
02:10
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barrow burrow Blacksburg, Virginia
barrow burrow (pronounced bare-oh burr-oh) is songwriter Jack Rosenberger and multi-instrumentalist Mitch "mix master"
Masterson. Jack and Mitch met in the Albany NY music scene in 2009. Jack left Albany in 2010, and kept writing songs, and kept tricking Mitch into making them sound way better.
Dan Barker, Ian White, and Dylan Palazzo are other musicians that have been involved in this project.
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