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Seattle

from Softer Ground by Guthrie

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We all swore we'd be gypsies
Living on the furthest edge
Now were stuck singing songs of the dream
And pushing a broom instead.

But last night I felt like Seattle
A city built over a corpse
Today as I fight my battle
I'll kill and feel no remorse

Here I thought I was different
Free from the people about
Now I see I'm disabled
I'm crippled and dying of doubt

But last night I felt like Seattle
A city built over a corpse
Today as I fight my battle
I'll kill and feel no remorse

Last night I felt like Seattle
A city built over a grave
You led us on like cattle
God rest my soul to save

And I can't rap the words to set me free
No spoken word no poetry
Can rescue me deliver me
Or find the winding way and keep reminding me
I'm falling up, and stepping down
I'm back in Oregon in my home town
This hurricane goes round and round
And I'm in the middle of the lost and found
I know you're right I hear you cry
Ill try to get to you before I die
But if I don't and you ask why
The entire city was built on lies
Cause underneath these golden streets
The truth is buried beneath our feet
I tried to rise and catch the beat
But they all told me to keep my seat
And I swore right then that I'd never sing for them again.

L`Éternel est mon berger: je ne manquerai de rien.
(The Lord is my Shepherd; I shall not want.)
Il me fait reposer dans de verts pâturages, Il me dirige près des eaux paisibles
(He maketh me to lie down in green pastures:He leadeth me beside the still waters.)
Il restaur mon âme, Il me conduit dans les sentiers de la justice, A cause de son nom.
( He restoreth my soul: he leadeth me in the paths of righteousness for his name's sake.)
Quand je marche dans la vallée de l`ombre de la mort, Je ne crains aucun mal, car tu es avec moi
(Yea, though I walk through the valley of the shadow of death, I will fear no evil.)

But last night I felt like Seattle
A city built over a corpse
Today as I fight my battle
I'll kill and feel no remorse

Last night I felt like Seattle
A city built over a grave
You led us on like cattle
God rest my soul to save

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from Softer Ground, released September 26, 2013

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Guthrie Deltona, Florida

Two thousand miles more behind me. For the next month I would give up the company of friends and family for that of God, nature, and the stories. Song by song I worked through my hardest and best times. These aren't stories of rehabilitation but of resurrection. I have not spent the last few months learning to cope with pain, I found peace. I want to share that with you. ... more

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