Story Behind The Song
I live on the edge of the pacific ocean near the Juan de Fuca fault and have seen some medium quakes and just give in the fact that the big one will eat us alive - so have a good time and don't take things too seriously
Song Description
in a bruce cockburn / u2 style with acoustic guitar and many subltle layers of sound, this song is about living on the wet coast where an earthquake could swallow us whole anytime
| Song Length |
4:26 |
Genre |
Rock - Modern, Pop - General |
| Tempo |
Medium Fast (131 - 150) |
Lead Vocal |
Male Vocal |
| Mood |
Welcoming, Cool |
Subject |
Life, Philosophy |
| Similar Artists |
Bob Dylan, Bruce Springsteen |
Language |
English |
| Era |
2000 and later |
| |
Lyrics
my sweet lady
our love is eternal
our lives are a flash in the pan
my sweet darling
I would like to stay with you
but I will only be with you as long as I can
we work like dogs
for all the money we can save
we can take it
as far as our grave
they say it's not if,
they say it's when
we'll go back to the crust
up to the earths whim
one day we will
be swallowed whole
back into the depths of the earth
so we'll take our chances
make this night last
we will drink our wine and quench our thirst
no evidence
No footprints
No one can tell
which direction we ran
no one will know
our master plan
I will put my arms around you first
they say it's not if,
they say it's when
we'll go back to the crust
up to the earths whim
A shake will take us back
to where it all began
when the big one hits
we'll all be done in
The big one d(0220---),a(00220--)
take us back again
The big one
take us back again
no evidence
No footprints
No one can tell
which direction we ran
no one will know
our master plan
flip the hour glass
it just slipping sand
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and sleep
into the sands of time
holding mine
frozen in mud
leaving footprints in the sand
you will forever hold my hand
they say it's not if,
they say it's when
we'll go back to the crust
up to the earths whim
into the sands of time
sleep for a very long time
take them with you to the end to your grave
it's a question of if, it's a question of when
when the big one strikes we will all be done in
make the night last forever
waiting for the big one
no escape from the big one