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Words to the Wind
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Environmentally themed space/psych rock.
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Riffs and weirdness from high in the Andes! Eclectically influenced & viscerally direct guitar rock.
Formed in 1971 ;) Carl grew up on a musical diet of folk, jazz, and classical music, before succumbing to the heady glories of rock-and/or-roll in a teenage daze. Since then, he's played various instruments (badly) on several continents. Recently relocated to Bogotá, Colombia, he has mucking around in his (extremely rudimentary) home studio -- and, of course, is hoping to (re)connect with other musicians for collaboration, on-line or on-stage!
Song Info
Genre
Rock • Psychedelic Rock
Charts
#16,853 today Peak #298
#985 in subgenre Peak #21
Author
Carl Anderson/Darcy Burner/Michael Burner/Michael
Rights
1995 Finn McCool Music; 2006 C.Anderson
Uploaded
June 17, 2008
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MP3
MP3 6.6 MB • 128 kbps • 7:15
Story behind the song
This track is still something of a work in progress -- even though it was a song I wrote with my first ever band, Ossian's RIde. Though democratically credited to the group, it was basically my music and keyboardist Darcy Burner's words. Always my favorite OR song, I've been dusting it off and giving it a new lease on life in this brand new solo version. The guitar solos were tossed off hastily between mouthfuls of cereal at breakfast, while the (not very good) vocals were quickly slapped down at lunch (while the neighbours were far, far away!).
Lyrics
What if our yesterdays never became Darkness slipped in and stole our voice What if the world became always the same Never tomorrow, never our choice... Take breath from body and hope from light Take belief from emotion and motion from flight When we hang the skies and give words to the wind How will we know that it's time to begin? What if the seas filled full with blood How would we wash the stains from our hands Rain upon skin and the worlds great floods Stealing the bread from the last of our lands Take be from existing and shape from form Take the flame from the fire and force from the storm When we lose the moon and release the sun How will we know what we have begun? What if the green which flowed through the leaf Stopped in our veins and froze in our hearts The sound of life stilled in our disbelief Silence in pain as our new world starts Take guilt from conscience and rhythm from song Take naivete from innocence and reason from wrong When we stumble in darkness and nature falls dumb How will we know what we have become? What if she judges and what if she knows How we have robbed her and what we've destroyed Time is her ally; its tide overflows Washing the pestilence into the void Take grief from destruction and sorrow from pain Take the balance from weighing and renewal from rain When the piper is paid at the end of the song How will we know where our world has gone?
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