Story Behind The Song
Life, love, and loss
Song Description
Meditation on the human condition
| Song Length |
3:58 |
Genre |
Folk - Contemporary, Pop - Alternative |
| Tempo |
Slow (71 - 90) |
Lead Vocal |
Male Vocal |
| Mood |
Poignant, Serene |
Subject |
Life, Spirituality |
| Similar Artists |
Tom Waits, Josh Ritter |
Language |
English |
| Era |
2000 and later |
| |
Lyrics
Some words are best left unspoken
Some words are best left unsaid
Loving vows are never broken
If farewell letters are left unread
Chorus
We closed our eyes, we held our breath
Cared not what came before
We challenged lies
And we cheated death
On this road to
Evermore
You were always running after
Good, better, best to fill your head
Smooth, smooth talkers
And loud, loud laughter
And empty shadows
To fill your bed
Chorus
No Hamlet, no Horatio
Not hell nor Brigadoon
Just men who clearly
Lived too long
And we were born too soon.
Where the crook in the road
meets the bend in the river
Where the light in your eyes
meets the smile on your face
Where the things that were promised
But never delivered
Come to you now
In this time and place
Chorus
No Hamlet no Horatio
Not hell nor Brigadoon
Just men who clearly
lived too long
And some men born too soon
Some floating
on the river tide
or huddled
on the shore
villains, kings and vagabonds
on this road to
Evermore
Heroes, slaves and woebegones
On this road to
Evermore...