History Book (Acoustic)
Dry the River"History Book (Acoustic)" is a song by Dry the River, released in 2012 in the Pop genre. The song is 3:30 long and contains 33 lines and 218 words.
0:01Like faithful oxen through the chalk
0:06With dragging tails of history walk
0:10Soon confuse the compass and the cross
0:18Carefully and cursively
0:22Fill we our travelling diaries with with loss
0:35Beneath an angry Bible flood
0:40Did you and I first learn to love
0:44In my father's car we came to know
0:52And shivered in our painted clothes
0:56And paired like every animal below
1:09It's heavy as a history book can be
1:13I will carry it with me
1:17Oh Lord
1:25Maybe when the bitterness has gone
1:29There'll be sweetness on our tongues once more
1:42Barefoot in a rowing boat
1:46You lose your shoes and freeze your toes
1:50And say I wear my sorrow like a crown
1:58And throw your arms around my head
2:02And see it there in gold and red and brown
2:13It's heavy as a history book can be
2:17I will carry it with me
2:21Oh Lord
2:29Maybe when the bitterness has gone
2:33There'll be sweetness on our tongues once more
2:46We'll soon forget our parents' names
2:53Like dogs will drive the wolves away
3:02And weep with fingertips opposed
3:07A Like church where nobody congregates
3:18But sweetness sings in the pasture
3:23We throw ourselves on the mercy of the earth
3:26If sand and salt have the answer
3:30Then the act itself will be louder than the word
Like faithful oxen through the chalk With dragging tails of history walk Soon confuse the compass and the cross Carefully and cursively Fill we our travelling diaries with with loss Beneath an angry Bible flood Did you and I first learn to love In my father's car we came to know And shivered in our painted clothes And paired like every animal below It's heavy as a history book can be I will carry it with me Oh Lord Maybe when the bitterness has gone There'll be sweetness on our tongues once more Barefoot in a rowing boat You lose your shoes and freeze your toes And say I wear my sorrow like a crown And throw your arms around my head And see it there in gold and red and brown It's heavy as a history book can be I will carry it with me Oh Lord Maybe when the bitterness has gone There'll be sweetness on our tongues once more We'll soon forget our parents' names Like dogs will drive the wolves away And weep with fingertips opposed A Like church where nobody congregates But sweetness sings in the pasture We throw ourselves on the mercy of the earth If sand and salt have the answer Then the act itself will be louder than the word
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