Song Length |
2:13 |
Genre |
Folk - Rural, Folk - Alternative |
Tempo |
Slow (71 - 90) |
Lead Vocal |
Duet Male/Female |
Mood |
Outraged, Troubled |
Subject |
Protest, Liberal, Progressive |
Similar Artists |
Lucinda Williams, Bob Dylan |
Language |
English |
Era |
2000 and later |
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Lyrics
I used to be a big man, I held my life in my own hands
A greater force to guide me on, a clearer voice to give me song
I used to see for miles around, beneath my feet lay sacred ground
But now my feet can?t take me home, a concrete path I?m bound to roam
There is a river I used to run, a greater force to guide me home
But now I can?t get past the dam, and it was built by a big man
A thousand years I have stood tall, and what I give is good to all
But now I hear the steel tooth cry, my generation all will die
Can you see the big, big man, he?s got the whole world in his hands
And you can tell he?s on a bad path, his higher power loves a blood bath
A blood bath, a blood bath