Lyrics for Ragged Wood as interpreted by samuelhgarfield

Ragged Wood Lyrics
Whoa-oh-oh

Come down from the mountain, you have been gone too long
The spring is upon us, follow my only song
Settle down with me by the fire of my yearning
You should come back home, back on your own now

The world is alive now, in and outside our home
You run through the forest, settle before the sun
Darling, I can barely remember you beside me
You should come back home, back on your own now

In the evening light, when the woman of the woods came by
To give to you the word of the old man
In the morning tide, when the sparrow and the seagull fly
And Johnathan and Evelyn get tired

Lie to me if you will at the top of Barringer Hill
Tell me anything you want, any old lie will do
Call me back to you

Back to you

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songyone
07-09-2008

Rated +1 
This song is great!! What, no comments? It is a pretty straightforward love song, but it is so full of the joy, yearning and uncertainity of young love. It makes me happy. :)

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Velocity_Girl
07-18-2008

Rated -1 
'The world is alive now, in and outside I know
You run through the forest, settle before the sun
Darling, I can barely remember you beside me
You should come back home, back on your own now'

it's glorious.

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uiaccsk
07-27-2008

Rated 0 
absolutely gorgeous song. im surprised FF doesnt have more comments...theyre one of the best bands out there, and this song is all the proof you need

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shmortisborg
07-27-2008

Rated +1 
This song is great, but it sounds like the guitar part is directly taken from My Morning Jacket's "Golden." This is a dangerous thing for them to do, considering that he already sounds exactly like Jim James (the MMJ vocalist).

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EldaAnzari
07-30-2008

Rated +1 
great tune, but i think you got some one the lines wrong.

"settle down with me by the fire of my yearning"
"the world is alive now in and outside our home"

but who knows! wish there was some place on the internet to read the official lyrics.

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geigermatt
08-05-2008

Rated -1 
I like James, but cmon. Pecknold has a much better voice. And after the last piece of shit album MMJ did they should just be thrilled that people list them as an influence of the obviously superior Fleet Foxes

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samuelhgarfield
08-09-2008

Rated +2 
I agree with EldaAnzari so I changed the lyrics.

To me this song is partially about the beauty of Spring coming alive. I know that feeling living in Seattle, as I imagine Robin does.

Also, this Yeats poem might help understanding this song:

The Ragged Wood by William Butler Yeats

O hurry where by water among the trees
The delicate-stepping stag and his lady sigh,
When they have but looked upon their images -
Would none had ever loved but you and I!

Or have you heard that sliding silver-shoed
Pale silver-proud queen-woman of the sky,
When the sun looked out of his golden hood? -
O that none ever loved but you and I!

O hurty to the ragged wood, for there
I will drive all those lovers out and cry -
O my share of the world, O yellow hair!
No one has ever loved but you and I.

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fgevilmonkey
08-29-2008

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I believe "even in the light" is supposed to be "in the evening light", which would make a pair with the "morning tide".

This is my favorite song on the album, in my mind it's the best showcase of their ability to tell a story with their music by essentially splitting the song into two distinct sections that fit thematically with each other.

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tbc
08-31-2008

Rated -1 
I thought in the first verse it was 'only son' rather than 'only song', and 'by the fire my young 'un', although it's pretty hard to make out what he's actually singing.

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L0RY
09-05-2008

Rated -1 
FF is just amazing. I like how their voices & the chords go perfect together.

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skibum8713
10-08-2008

Rated +1 
Barringer Hill is misspelled: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Barringer_Hill

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vecchione5
10-14-2008

Rated 0 
Tell me anything you want, any old lie will do

how can you not relate to that line? this song is beautiful

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jfarmer
11-17-2008

Rated +2 
I've been listening to ff for a while but really only just discovered the last part of ragged wood recently. all i can say is i've been crying since whenever i listen to its amazing sounds, vocals and lyrics. nothing worse than feeling like crap but this song rings true on my current relationship and what i've done to my girl. has a real sense of finality to it and gave me a huge slap in the face.

thanks to the ff dudes.

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mithgil
01-06-2009

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There are more references to poems from Yeats' book In The Seven Woods (which The Ragged Wood comes from) in here.

FF: "In the evening light, when the woman of the woods came by"

Yeats (Under The Moon): "And the wood-woman whose love was changed to a blue-eyed hawk;"

"The evening light" could be a reference to the title "Under The Moon".

FF: "To give to you the word of the old man"

Yeats (The Old Men Admiring Themselves In The Water):
"I heard the old, old men say
'Everything alters,
And one by one we drop away.'
They had hands like claws, and their knees
Were twisted like the old thorn trees
By the waters.
I heard the old, old men say
'All that's beautiful drifts away
Like the waters.'"

Could Drops in the River be a reference to this poem as well?

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Muffinly
02-11-2009

Rated 0 
The Barringer Hill is a hill near Seattle, on the Eastside around Kirkland. That's where the band is from, and I imagine that's the hill they are singing of. It's not that important to the song meaning as a whole, but I thought it was neat when I heard it the first time.

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pecknoldbanhart
03-16-2009

Rated 0 
Good song(:

I love to sing along to it
because well it is an easy
song to sing and I dance to it
:D

except on the slow part I really don't.
but it is an amazing song and they
will and can keep up the amazing work. :D

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pawlowski
03-28-2009

Rated 0 
Hahaha, they would play this song in Skins.

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shakelly_blackmouth
04-11-2009

Rated 0 
This is by far the best one from the album
:D
such a cute love song

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iangurteen
06-30-2009

Rated +1 
It's in the morning TIME, not tide.

Also I think Jonathan and Evelyn are probably TIED rather than tired in the morning (in the sense of tied = married)? Think that makes more sense in the context of the song.

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Tachon
10-27-2009

Rated 0 
If I'm not mistaken, the correct lyrics are: "Settle down with me by the fire of my yearning hearth"

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