Grapevine Fires

Album: Narrow Stairs (2008)
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  • When the wind picked up
    And the fire spread
    And the grapevines seemed left for dead.
    And the northern sky, looked like the end of day,
    The end of days.

    The wake up call to a rented room
    Sounded like an alarm of impending doom.
    To warn us it's only a matter of time.
    Before we all burn
    Before we all burn
    Before we all burn
    Before we all burn.

    We bought some wine and some paper cups
    Near your daughter's school when we picked her up
    And drove to a cemetery on a hill,
    On a hill.

    Watched the plumes paint the sky gray
    As she laughed and danced through the field of graves
    There I knew it would be alright
    That everything would be alright,
    Would be alright
    Would be alright
    Would be alright
    Would be alright.

    And the news reports on the radio
    Said it was getting worse
    As the ocean air fanned the flames.
    But I couldn't think of anywhere I would have rather been
    To watch it all burn away,
    To burn away.

    The firemen worked in double shifts,
    With prayers for rain on their lips,
    And they knew it was only a matter of time. Writer/s: BENJAMIN GIBBARD, JASON McGERR, NICHOLAS HARMER
    Publisher: BMG Rights Management
    Lyrics licensed and provided by LyricFind

Comments: 1

  • Heather from Los Angeles, CaThis is a touching song about an event I lived through. The fires in SoCal last summer burned up a lot. A lot of land and a lot of houses. Many songs don't bother dealing with day-to-day reality. But this one surely does; and it's a very poignant reminder of the way it felt.
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