Song Description
A song about the sorrow of realizing the time has come to let go---of the past, of childhood, of a parent.
| Song Length |
4:57 |
Genre |
Folk - Alternative |
| Tempo |
Slow (71 - 90) |
Lead Vocal |
Male Vocal |
| Mood |
Still, Poignant |
Subject |
History, Past, Sorrow |
| Language |
English |
| |
Lyrics
I heard a sad voice whisper to me
In words I'd never heard before
Said, Take a good look where you came from,
Cause you can't go back there anymore
I turned to see you, as I knew you,
Smiling by an open door
Then your smile turned to sorrow and I heard you say
You can't go back there anymore
It's time to say bye-bye
To the world that bore you
Let it vanish with the years
If you need to cry, cry
Baby it's the best thing for you
Sometimes the answers are in your tears
In your own tears
I felt the earth beneath me tremble
My whole world shaking to the core
And I thought as I looked out at the ruins:
I can't go back there anymore
I've got say so long
I can hear the distant drumming
Calling me away
And though it's been so long
So long in coming
You never think it'll come today
No, not today.
Now I love you, like a ship loves harbor,
Like the ocean loves the shore,
But the tide's going out now, and we both know
I can't go back there anymore