Story Behind The Song

From self-titled Zero studio Album

Song Description

Powerful/unusual rock ballad-lyrics by Grateful Dead lyricist Robert Hunter

Lyrics

spoken for since the first new morning of the world began
spoken for slope of the mountain and the lay of the land
spoken for the furit of the valley where I make my stand

spoken to by the white-wing crow in my sleeping ear
spoken to promise of a reckoning day draws near
spoken to those who only hear what they want to hear
spoken to with life in the balance the truth rings clear

spoken by the face of a cliff scraping on the sky
spoken by the wind on the water as waves roll high
spoken by the wing of an eagle when it's on the fly
spoken by the girl in the window with the laughing eye

spoken in the heart of the moment when lamps are low
spoken in earnest or in jest or just for show
spoken in a lingo of the heart only lovers know
spoken in trickles of blood upon virgin snow

clouds of war gather on the promontory wind-swept shore
words of wind spoken from the belly by the fire within

spoken for with lines in the sand no one else can see
spoken for awakened by flame in the night to reality
spoken for defended to the death at wounded knee
spoken for acre by acre from sea to sea