Don't Carry It All

Album: The King Is Dead (2011)
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  • Here we come to a turning of the season
    Witness to the arc towards the sun
    The neighbor's blessed burden within reason
    Becomes a burden borne of all in one

    And nobody, nobody knows
    Let the yoke fall from our shoulders
    Don't carry it all, don't carry it all
    We are all our hands in holders
    Beneath this bold and brilliant sun
    But this I swear to all

    A monument to build beneath the arbors
    Upon a plinth that towers towards the trees
    But every vessel pitching hard to starboard
    Lay it's head on summer's freckled knees

    And nobody, nobody knows
    Let the yoke fall from our shoulders
    Don't carry it all, don't carry it all
    We are all our hands in holders
    Beneath this bold and brilliant sun
    This I swear to all
    And this I swear to all

    And there a wreath of trillium and ivy
    Laid upon the body of the boy
    Lazy will the loam come from it's hiding
    Return his quiet certitude to the soil

    So raise a glass to turnings of the season
    And watch it as it arcs towards the sun
    And you must bear your neighbor's burden within reason
    And your labors will be borne when all is done

    And nobody, nobody knows
    Let the yoke fall from our shoulders
    Don't carry it all, don't carry it all
    We are all our hands in holders
    Beneath this bold and brilliant sun

    And this I swear to all
    And this I swear to all
    And this I swear to all
    And this I swear to all

    To all, to all, to all Writer/s: Colin Meloy
    Publisher: BMG Rights Management
    Lyrics licensed and provided by LyricFind

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