Oh, You Are the Roots That Sleep Beneath My Feet and Hold the Earth in Place

from Oh Holy Fools - The Music Of Son, Ambulance And Bright Eyes by Bright Eyes & Son Ambulance

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I met you through a common friend in the attic of my parents house
Although I didn’t know it then, I soon was finding out
Oh, you are the roots that sleep beneath my feet and hold the earth in place
Each time a faucet opens there are words that are spoken
The water runs away and I hear your name
No, nothing has changed

There was this book I read and loved
The story of a ship that sailed around the world and found that nothing else exists beyond his own two sails and wooden shell and what is held within
All else is sure to pass, we clutch and grasp, and debate what is truly permanent
But when the wind starts to shift, there is no argument

So now I sing and drink and sleep on floors
And I try hard not to be annoyed by all these people worrying about me
So when I’m suffering through some awful drive, you occasionally cross my mind
It is my hidden hope that you are still among them
Well are you?
Oh, you are the roots that sleep beneath my feet and hold the earth in place
Each time a curtain opens the sunlight pours in and a lifetime melts away
We share a name on some picturesque grave

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from Oh Holy Fools - The Music Of Son, Ambulance And Bright Eyes, released January 22, 2001

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Bright Eyes are the Omaha, Nebraska based band consisting of Conor Oberst, Mike Mogis, and Nathaniel Walcott.

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Downtown Las Vegas Event Center

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Weissenhäuser Strand Hotel

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