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How long must she stand
Before the ground, it gives way
To an endless fall
She can feel this
War on her face
Stars on her pillow
She's folding in darkness
Begging for slumber
I'm not blind
Can see it coming
Looks like lightning
In my child's eye
I'm not frantic
I can feel it coming
Violently shakes
My body
Her son's slanted
Always giving her
The sideways eye
And empty chair where dad sits
How loud can silence get?
And mom, she reassures
To contain him
But it's becoming a lie
She tells herself
And everyone else
Father is risking
His life for our freedoms
I'm not blind
I can see it coming
Looks like lightning
In my child's eye
I'm no frantic
I can feel it coming
Darling you'll save me
If you save yourself
Before the ground, it gives way
To an endless fall
She can feel this
War on her face
Stars on her pillow
She's folding in darkness
Begging for slumber
I'm not blind
Can see it coming
Looks like lightning
In my child's eye
I'm not frantic
I can feel it coming
Violently shakes
My body
Her son's slanted
Always giving her
The sideways eye
And empty chair where dad sits
How loud can silence get?
And mom, she reassures
To contain him
But it's becoming a lie
She tells herself
And everyone else
Father is risking
His life for our freedoms
I'm not blind
I can see it coming
Looks like lightning
In my child's eye
I'm no frantic
I can feel it coming
Darling you'll save me
If you save yourself
Lyrics submitted by N0 C0DE 79
Track duration: 03:43
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Eddie Vedder as well as Johnny Depp, Dixie Chicks ect are HUGE supporters.
But the fact that this song was co-written with a guy who has been waiting in death row for about 13 years for a crime he had never done, leaving his wife and kid back home - that kinda gives it a new dimension.
As for this album...it was so unbelievably good that I couldn't help but try to lick it a few times thinking that the cover would taste as good as the album sounded! Self-Titled (or avacado) makes me salivate.
I agree.
the family is breaking apart as their lives become a lie:
"And mom, she reassures
To contain him
But it's becoming a lie
She tells herself
And everyone else
Father is risking
His life for our freedoms"
she tries to claim that her husband is fighting for the good of America to contain her son from total anguish - trying to make her son think the fighting is worthwhile.
but as the chorus shows:
"I'm not blind
I can see it coming
Looks like lightning
In my child's eye"
She can see that the son is not buying her story! the son is starting to realise that the war is not worthwhile after all! the "lightning in my child's eye" is the rage that is building up inside the son from his father being gone. and "i can see it coming" is how the mother knows that if this continues the son is going to burst and go crazy.
the closing chorus is amazing:
"I'm not frantic
I can feel it coming
Darling you'll save me
If you save yourself"
she is making a desperate plea to her husband in her mind to return from war.
"Darling you'll save me
If you save yourself"
she's trying to say to her husband - if you leave the war and save yourself from dying and come back to the family, you'll save me from despair.
Many people belive this Damien and his two friends are innocent and many celebrities are trying to help to push for a new trial.
The story is a real tradgedy for all involved.
I don't want to start a discussion about this case here, visit the site: wm3.org if you want to read about it.