Story Behind The Song
This is a song about letting go of regret and shame and looking with hope to the future.
Song Description
This starts in a wistful 6/8 time and progresses to a hopeful 4/4 and than an exultant double time feel. Very Dynamic and celebratory.
| Song Length |
4:13 |
Genre |
Folk - Americana, Folk - Americana |
| Tempo |
Multiple Tempos |
Lead Vocal |
Male Vocal |
| Mood |
Endearing, Ecstatic |
Subject |
General, Hope |
| Similar Artists |
Mumford & Sons, The Head and the Heart |
Language |
English |
| Era |
1800 - 1899 |
| |
Lyrics
O my love, when my days are done, and my bones have been put to rest
When my graven stone has found its home, may you not be bereft
Don't waste your prayers on a wretch like me
My hearts been giv'n to wandering
All the things I've done since the war begun, I could never be free
Wait my beleaguered, love brings hope don't set that stone
Though you feel meager, your heart may roam but mine will be your home
Wake, O you sleeper there is still hope roll away that stone
Wake, O you sleeper there is still hope roll away that stone
Come on up, rise on up, get out of that grave my Lazarus
Come on up, rise on up, get out of that grave sweet Lazarus
Go on get up Lazarus go on get out the grave
Oh you ain't never seen nothing like a dead man dance
You ain't never seen nothing like a dead man dance
You ain't never seen nothing like a dead man dance
Come on up, rise on up, get out of that grave my Lazarus
Come on up, rise on up, get out of that grave sweet Lazarus
© Bradford Loomis 2012
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