Story Behind The Song
being Irish and being close friends with many Native American friends, and thinking of how the cultures have to fight to not be elimanated spiritually. It's a song of standing to fight, being willing to die, but a song of hope too.
Song Description
This song was written about Wounded Knee and the stand off there. It's about remembering all the conquored peoples in the world, mostly Native Americans, Irish etc...a wild ride of world prog rock with mysterious calling lyrics. Critics called it Prog Roc
| Song Length |
5:24 |
Genre |
Rock - Progressive Rock, World - World Beat |
| Tempo |
Medium Fast (131 - 150) |
Lead Vocal |
Female Vocal |
| Mood |
Outraged, Ecstatic |
Subject |
Justice, Race/Ethnicity |
| Similar Artists |
Robert Plant, The Band |
Language |
English |
| Era |
2000 and later |
| |
Lyrics
There's a hole in my heart where the darkness is leeking through
though I try and try and try to stop it
There's a tunnel though my brain, full of sage and wind and rain
I am walking with careful steps before us
you and I could stand at the top of the hill
and still Remember...remember....remember...
Ghosts are teaching dancing class
wearing shirts of itchy history
learning hard luck lessons of timing, bad luck and misery
you and i could stand on top this hill
and still remember....
solo-chorus...
and the ritual of time
will not let me change my mind
swirling in the midst ahead
almost gone but never dead!
You and I could die
remember...remember....remember...