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Give it time and we wonder why “do what we can laugh and we cry,
and we sleep in your dust because we've seen this all before.”
Culture fades with tears and grace,
leaving us stunned hollow with shame we have seen this all, seen this all before.
Many tribes of a modern kind, doing brand new works, same spirit by side,
joining hearts and hand and ancestral twine,
ancestral twine.
Many tribes of a modern kind, doing brand new works, same spirit by side,
joining hearts and hand and ancestral twine,
ancestral twine.
Slowly it fades.
Slowly we fade.
Slowly it fades.
Slowly we fade.
Spirit bird she creaks and groans she knows she has,
seen this all before she has, seen this all before she has.
Spirit bird she creaks and groans she knows she has,
seen this all before she has, seen this all before she has.
Slowly you fade.
Slowly it fades.
Slowly you fade.
Slowly it fades.
Slowly you fade.
Soldier on,
Soldier on, my good country man.
Keep fighting for your culture, now keep fighting for your land.
I know it’s been thousands of years and I feel your hurt
and I know it’s wrong and you feel you’ve been chained and broken and burned
and those beautiful old people those wise old souls have been ground down for far too long,
by that spineless man that greedy man,
that heartless man,
deceiving man,
government hand taking blood and land,
taking blood and land and still they can,
but your dreaming and your warrior spirit lives on
and it is so so so strong in the earth in the trees, in the rocks, in the water, in your blood,
and in the air we breath.
Soldier on,
Soldier on, my good country man.
Keep fighting for your children now keep fighting for your land.
Slowly you fade.
Slowly it fades.
Slowly you fade.
Slowly you fade.
Give it time and we wonder,
“why do what we can laugh and we cry
and we sleep in your dust because we've seen this all before.”
and we sleep in your dust because we've seen this all before.”
Culture fades with tears and grace,
leaving us stunned hollow with shame we have seen this all, seen this all before.
Many tribes of a modern kind, doing brand new works, same spirit by side,
joining hearts and hand and ancestral twine,
ancestral twine.
Many tribes of a modern kind, doing brand new works, same spirit by side,
joining hearts and hand and ancestral twine,
ancestral twine.
Slowly it fades.
Slowly we fade.
Slowly it fades.
Slowly we fade.
Spirit bird she creaks and groans she knows she has,
seen this all before she has, seen this all before she has.
Spirit bird she creaks and groans she knows she has,
seen this all before she has, seen this all before she has.
Slowly you fade.
Slowly it fades.
Slowly you fade.
Slowly it fades.
Slowly you fade.
Soldier on,
Soldier on, my good country man.
Keep fighting for your culture, now keep fighting for your land.
I know it’s been thousands of years and I feel your hurt
and I know it’s wrong and you feel you’ve been chained and broken and burned
and those beautiful old people those wise old souls have been ground down for far too long,
by that spineless man that greedy man,
that heartless man,
deceiving man,
government hand taking blood and land,
taking blood and land and still they can,
but your dreaming and your warrior spirit lives on
and it is so so so strong in the earth in the trees, in the rocks, in the water, in your blood,
and in the air we breath.
Soldier on,
Soldier on, my good country man.
Keep fighting for your children now keep fighting for your land.
Slowly you fade.
Slowly it fades.
Slowly you fade.
Slowly you fade.
Give it time and we wonder,
“why do what we can laugh and we cry
and we sleep in your dust because we've seen this all before.”
| juul (Kingston) | Posted: Jun 02, 2013 - 07:00 Hillside :-) http://www.hillsidefestival.ca/ janetrice wrote: saw him do this live at the Phoenix in Toronto. Still gives me shivers recalling it - the audience swaying and singing along. The first time I heard the man I was walking along the causeway toward Hillside Festival (best music festival in Ontario!!) to that unearthly sound of the didgeridoo shakin the bones. Instant fan. |
| zepher | Posted: May 31, 2013 - 13:38 Cat Stevens - "Father and Son" ---> Xavier Rudd - Spirit Bird = nice segway.  |
| janetrice (here) | Posted: May 31, 2013 - 13:28 saw him do this live at the Phoenix in Toronto. Still gives me shivers recalling it - the audience swaying and singing along. The first time I heard the man I was walking along the causeway toward Hillside Festival (best music festival in Ontario!!) to that unearthly sound of the didgeridoo shakin the bones. Instant fan. |
| johnjconn (chicago land) | Posted: May 31, 2013 - 13:22 Dav3thedog wrote: I've said it before, ill say it again - I love this track! Same thought I have every time I hear this. Special |
| juul (Kingston) | Posted: May 31, 2013 - 13:22 Hey - I just like it - simple - no over analysis required ;-) Have a great weekend everyone - life is short !!!!!! |
| Frater_Kork (Uppsala, Sweden) | Posted: May 16, 2013 - 06:33 This brings forth painful memories of listening to Sami Jojk on 70:s educational TV in primary school. I got nothing against our local aboriginals who's ululations seem to be cosmically attuned to every other pipe smoking dude or dudette in the backwoods of the world. I however, rather prefer the pipe smoking ululations of progressive rockers. 2 from the Uppsala jury. |
| bitbanger (Upper West Side) | Posted: May 16, 2013 - 06:10 I know a lot of folks like this tune but when the children come in at the end the thing goes right over the top into pure bathos |
| Jelani (Home of the freak, land of the vague) | Posted: May 16, 2013 - 06:08 His horrid warbling completely obscures any 'beautiful message' the song might be trying to deliver. |
| Kimberly8 (Washington, DC) | Posted: May 12, 2013 - 06:24 I had no idea he was that beautiful!! |
| duduhead | Posted: Apr 29, 2013 - 21:15 Gents let's not be too cool for school. This is a gorgeous song that shall be consumed on those special occasions... think Sunday mornings and such. And it blows my mind that it was recorded just last year... I'm not an old geezer, but I can't help but think that these days mostly crap comes off the printing presses, which makes tunes and voices like one this even more special. |
| Tamster (Thousand Islands Canada) | Posted: Apr 29, 2013 - 18:17 Amazing ! Just amazing.  |
| xkolibuul (Chuckanut sandstone) | Posted: Apr 14, 2013 - 23:03 Passionate, beautiful, and hugely important message. This song takes risks, but X delivers. |
| vladinecko | Posted: Mar 29, 2013 - 16:07 This song never fails to capture my attention. It's so simple and yet so captivating. The album art paints the exact picture that comes to my mind whenever I hear the song. I'm the kind of guy who doesn't pay much attention to the lyrics and focuses solely on the music. What I love about the structure of the song is how symmetric and gradual it is. It starts off very simple; voice, guitar, harmonic noise. It then builds up to an eventual breathtaking peak further accentuated by a gentle background of a children's choir. The song ends the same way it starts; guitar and vocals. As the title suggest, this track really carries a spiritual quality to it. I can almost imagine a gentle, warm breeze playing with my hair as I absorb the last rays of a fiery tropical sunset being slowly swallowed by the vast ocean. |
| michaelc (Walnut Creek, CA) | Posted: Mar 29, 2013 - 15:56 Don't work for me - way to repetitive. |
| shellbella (so california) | Posted: Mar 14, 2013 - 12:23 I really like this..... |
| mauguima (sewers) | Posted: Feb 07, 2013 - 06:36 Interesting like I'm starting to like more this song due to its "mantric" qualities, like repetition. Usually I don't like too much repetition in music, but in this song it's a positive thing. |
| Toke (Bournemouth UK) | Posted: Feb 07, 2013 - 06:33 Sung with such passion .. truely a 'SpiritGuy' |
| Toke (Bournemouth UK) | Posted: Feb 07, 2013 - 06:33 Sung with such passion .. truely a 'SpiritGuy' |
| jasonv | Posted: Jan 25, 2013 - 21:47 Love, love, love, love this song. Love this live performance, as well. |
| StoneyG (Just east of The Rockies; north of the 49th) | Posted: Jan 25, 2013 - 21:43 Pleeeeeease make it stop! It's really not that bad. It just quickly loses it's appeal or whatever is all, after the first several listens. |
| StoneyG (Just east of The Rockies; north of the 49th) | Posted: Jan 10, 2013 - 19:18 ziggytrix wrote: overwrought rubbish. gets more annoying with each listen.  Indeed!!! |
| Dav3thedog (Canberra) | Posted: Jan 06, 2013 - 22:15 I've said it before, ill say it again - I love this track! |
| MM_Oz (Gidgie.. in the golden west) | Posted: Dec 28, 2012 - 22:35 ziggytrix wrote: overwrought rubbish. gets more annoying with each listen. thought I had cross feed from another radio station - two tunes at once. The background one is ok.. ... got my cat running to hide. |
| ziggytrix (Dallas, TX) | Posted: Dec 10, 2012 - 10:23 overwrought rubbish. gets more annoying with each listen. |
| Boy_Wonder (Bath, back in the UK) | Posted: Dec 10, 2012 - 10:20 It's that man and his bird again....  |
| jgriffin56 | Posted: Dec 08, 2012 - 07:13 A nicely worded song poem. What is the backing vocal lyric? |
| Ubaldo (Hurricane Alley, FL -- Inside the Cone) | Posted: Dec 08, 2012 - 07:09 ABSOLUTELY AWESOME!!!  |
| Boy_Wonder (Bath, back in the UK) | Posted: Dec 06, 2012 - 13:18 Has he finished? |
| Boy_Wonder (Bath, back in the UK) | Posted: Dec 06, 2012 - 13:12 Looks like we have a difference of opinion in the Bath area - let's argue it over a pint in The Bell! oilydwarf wrote: More Xavier!! In a minority perhaps but I have right on my side!! stunix wrote: Our little island don't agree on anything, I love this! |
| FlatCat (Chicago) | Posted: Dec 06, 2012 - 13:12 I have to avert my ears. PSD. |
| icemang (Boston & DC, mostly) | Posted: Nov 29, 2012 - 16:00 Do. Not. Like. And it will not stop. |
| shellbella (so california) | Posted: Nov 29, 2012 - 15:57 Kanuffen wrote:  I'm sayin!!!  |
| mistabird (frei republik allgäu) | Posted: Nov 18, 2012 - 04:38 spiritualität ist was gutes also genießt es |
| Kanuffen (Trelleborg, Sverige) | Posted: Nov 14, 2012 - 23:12 |
| oilydwarf | Posted: Nov 09, 2012 - 01:39 Boy_Wonder wrote: The UK massive are in agreement.... let's take a break from Xavier!! More Xavier!! In a minority perhaps but I have right on my side!! |
| stunix (Narrowboat nr Caen Locks) | Posted: Nov 06, 2012 - 21:58 Our little island don't agree on anything, I love this! |
| Boy_Wonder (Bath, back in the UK) | Posted: Nov 05, 2012 - 03:55 The UK massive are in agreement.... let's take a break from Xavier!! |
| tania300 (Brighton England) | Posted: Oct 29, 2012 - 07:48 please...enough! no more! overplayed - sure he means well, but just wanna tip a bucket of cold water on him.... |
| johnjconn (chicago land) | Posted: Oct 29, 2012 - 07:46 A very special song |
| bill-1956 (The Greater Moncure Metro Area, NC) | Posted: Oct 29, 2012 - 07:44 Proclivities wrote: Oh man, you failed to indicate the origin of the word; that's the fun part. Darn it - I've misplaced my OED! |
| NoEnzLefttoSplit | Posted: Oct 23, 2012 - 20:52 Stingray wrote: Send me your address - I send you the latest "KUSCHEL-ROCK" CD!
..An Tagen wie diesen...  |
| mandolin (...drifting...) | Posted: Oct 08, 2012 - 16:44 ...i favor the latter half or two-thirds, rather: the first part reminds me too strongly of another piece frequently played here which isn't to my tastes... |
| Xeric (Montana) | Posted: Oct 06, 2012 - 13:09 Good stuff, though stronger in the first half than in the second. Or third. |
| planet3one9 (seattle) | Posted: Oct 06, 2012 - 12:52 I'm gonna post twice on this one - a once in a lifetime cuts u deep and moves u kind of song...moved to tears |
| cShaggy (..in the general vicinity..) | Posted: Oct 06, 2012 - 12:51 Dav3thedog wrote: Xavier Rudd is Australian
..g'day mate!..(sorry, i just like saying that).. |
| planet3one9 (seattle) | Posted: Oct 06, 2012 - 12:49 Amazing and full of soul
Just wonderful |
| PurplePrincess (the mountains) | Posted: Sep 27, 2012 - 20:36 I love this song, his voice. |
| Dav3thedog (Canberra) | Posted: Sep 27, 2012 - 20:30 Xavier Rudd is Australian |
| RP4Prez | Posted: Sep 25, 2012 - 17:35 Stingray wrote: Terrible pop-music from Namibia...? HORRIBLE!! You mustn't have a soul if you think this song is terrible. One of the best I've heard on RP! |
| Stingray | Posted: Sep 25, 2012 - 17:30 mistabird wrote: das ist ja mal was für herz , geist und seele Danke R P Send me your address - I send you the latest "KUSCHEL-ROCK" CD!
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