James Hall, Connor MacDonald and I wrote this at the Dark Songs festival in 2012 at the Holiday Music Motel in Sturgeon Bay Wisconsin.
Lyrics
Soldiers off to war
Girls who live next door
Old men and their shadows
All will face the gallows
Return to us
That's where you came from
Fall into dust
That's what we're made of
Knowing there's no hell or heaven
Give up the ghost
Lay down your arrows
Head to the coast
Eye on the sparrow
Step into the light all knowing
all knowing
all knowing
Youth who wanted more
Rich who blame the poor
Screen stars in their trailors
Prisoners and their jailors
Return to us
That's where you came from
Fall into dust
That's what we're made of
Knowing there's no hell or heaven
Give up the ghost
Lay down your arrows
Head to the coast
Eye on the sparrow
Step into the light all knowing
all knowing
all knowing
Now you know the story
No need for your worries
Return to us
That's where you came from
Fall into dust
That's what we're made of
Knowing there's no hell or heaven
Give up the ghost
Lay down your arrows
Head to the coast
Eye on the sparrow
Step into the light all knowing
all knowing
all knowing