Mumford and Other Observations T. S. Russell

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"After the Storm" Lyrics



And after the storm

I run and run as the rains come

And I look up

On my knees and out of luck, I look up



Night has always pushed up day

You must know life to see decay

But I won’t rot, I won’t rot

Not this mind and not this heart, I won’t rot



And I took you by the hand,

And we stood tall

And remembered our own land

What we live for



But there will come a time you’ll see

With no more tears

And love will not break your heart

But dismiss your fears

Get over your hill and see, what you find there

With grace in your heart and flowers in your hair



Now I cling to what I knew

I saw exactly what was true, but oh no more

That’s why I hold

That’s why I hold with all I have

That’s why I hold



And I will die alone, and be left there

Well I guess I’ll just go home

Or God knows where

Because death is just so full, and man so small

I’m scared of what’s behind, and what’s before



But there will come a time you’ll see

With no more tears

And love will not break your heart

But dismiss your fears

Get over your hill and see, what you find there

With grace in your heart and flowers in your hair

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"Dust Bowl Dance" Lyrics

The young man stands on the edge of his porch
The days were short and the father was gone
There was no one in the town and no one in the field
This dusty barren land had given all it could yield

I’ve been kicked off my land at the age of sixteen
And I have no idea where else my heart could have been
I placed all my trust at the foot of this hill
And now I am sure my heart could never be still
So collect your courage and collect your horse
And pray you never feel this same kind of remorse.

Seal my heart and break my pride
I’ve nowhere to stand and now nowhere to hide
Align my heart, my body, my mind
To face what I’ve done, and do my time

Well you are my accuser, now look in my face
Your oppression reeks of your greed and disgrace
So one man has and another has not
How can you love what it is you have got
When you took it all from the weak hands of the poor
Liars and thieves you know not what is in store
There will come a time I will look in your eye
You will pray to the God that you always denied
Then I’ll go out back and I’ll get my gun
I’ll say you haven’t met me, I am the only son

Seal my heart and break my pride
I’ve nowhere to stand and now nowhere to hide
Align my heart, my body, my mind
To face what I’ve done, and do my time

Well yes sir, yes sir, yes it was me
I know what I’ve done, ‘cause I know what I’ve seen
I went out back and I got my gun
I said you haven’t met me, I am the only son

Everything starts to come together at the end of the album, starting with this song. Awake My Soul is so good and so jam-packed with awesomeness that we had to record a mega-episode in order to do it justice!

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Dennis Russell

Dennis From Scratch



“Awake My Soul” Lyrics

How fickle my heart and how woozy my eyes

I struggle to find any truth in your lies

And now my heart stumbles on things I don’t know

My weakness I feel I must finally show



Lend me your hand and we’ll conquer them all

But lend me your heart and I’ll just let you fall

Lend me your eyes, I can change what you see

But your soul you must keep totally free



Awake my soul, awake my soul



In these bodies we will live, in these bodies we will die

Where you invest your love, you invest your life



Awake my soul, awake my soul

For you were made to meet your maker

We continue our discussion of the album Sigh No More by examining Thistle and Weed's connections to Christ's parables.

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“Thistle and Weeds” Lyrics



Spare me your judgments and spare me your dreams

‘Cause recently mine have been tearing my seams

I sit alone in this winter clarity which clouds my mind



Alone in the wind and the rain you left me

It’s getting dark, darling, too dark to see

And I’m on my knees and your faith in shreds it seems



Corrupted by the simple sniff of riches blown

I know you have felt much more love than you’ve shown

I’m on my knees and the water creeps to my chest



But plant your hope with good seeds

Don’t cover yourself with thistle and weeds

Rain down, rain down on me



Look over your hills and be still

The sky above us shoots to kill

Rain down, rain down on me



I will hold on, I will hold on hope



I begged you to hear me, there’s more than flesh and bones

Let the dead bury the dead

They will come out in droves

But take the spade from my hand, and fill in the holes you’ve made



Plant your hope with good seeds

Don’t cover yourself with thistle and weeds

Rain down, rain down on me

We continue our discussion of the album Sigh No More by examining Timshel's connections to John Steinbeck's East of Eden and the book of Genesis. Featuring special guests Elizabeth Bernadette and Clare Fletcher.

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Links:

Little Lion Man by Mumford and Sons

East of Eden - The First Page

Through the Deep, Dark Valley by the Oh Hellos

Sirens by the Gray Havens

Dante's Inferno - The First Page

“Timshel” Lyrics

Cold is the water, it freezes your already cold mind

Already cold, cold mind

And death is at your doorstep and it will steal your innocence

But it will not steal your substance



But you are not alone in this

You are not alone in this

As brothers we will stand

And we’ll hold your hand



You are the mother, the mother of your baby child

The one to whom you gave life

And you have your choices — these are what make man great

His ladder to the stars



But you are not alone in this

You are not alone in this

As brothers we will stand

And we’ll hold your hand



But I will tell the night

And whisper lose your sight

But I can’t move the mountains for you

We continue our discussion of the album Sigh No More by examining Little Lion Man's connections to L. Frank Baum's The Wonderful Wizard of Oz, John Steinbeck's East of Eden, and the book of Genesis.

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Links:

Little Lion Man by Mumford and Sons

East of Eden - The First Page



“Little Lion Man” Lyrics:

Weep for yourself my man

You’ll never be what is in your heart

Weep little lion man

You’re not as brave as you were at the start

Rate yourself and rake yourself

Take all the courage you have left

Waste it on fixing all the problems that you made in your own head



But it was not your fault but mine

It was your heart on the line

I really “effed” it up this time

Didn’t I, my dear



Tremble for yourself my man

You know that you have seen this all before

Tremble little lion man

You’ll never settle any of your scores

Your grace is wasted in your face

Your boldness stands alone among the wreck

Now learn from your mother or else spend your days biting your own neck



But it was not your fault but mine

It was your heart on the line

I really “effed” it up this time

Didn’t I, my dear