Lyrics
On the old forgotten crossways where the fourteen rivers did meet
Describing a location where multiple rivers intersected and historical significance.
The bones of our elders were lying in the street
Noting the presence of the remains of ancestors in the street.
On the dark and dusty desert like a ghost I've flown
Comparing the speaker's journey to a ghostly flight over a dark and dusty desert.
I barely cried, wherever I'd ride I'd never find a home
Expressing a sense of rootlessness and the inability to find a permanent home.
Woe on me, somehow I will feel more free
Expressing a feeling of sorrow and a desire for freedom despite challenges.
To wallow in the empty-headed peace
Describing a state of mind characterized by emptiness and lack of direction.
Where the plain-hearted sorrows never cease
Highlighting a place where genuine sorrows persist continually.
Well I am just a ramshackle, I go from town to town
Characterizing the speaker as a wandering and makeshift individual moving between towns.
When there is no shelter, I lay down on the ground
Describing the speaker's makeshift shelter on the ground when there is no proper refuge.
I killed for no reason, I pissed upon the vine
Admitting to senseless violence and disrespect for nature (pissing upon the vine).
Cussed and moaned and burned the bone when I had the time
Listing various negative actions like cursing, moaning, and burning bones at leisure.
Woe on me, somehow I will feel more free
Reiterating the theme of sorrow but expressing a belief in gaining freedom somehow.
To wallow in the empty-headed peace
Repeating the idea of emptiness and peace, possibly suggesting a conflicted state of mind.
Where the plain-hearted sorrows never cease
Reemphasizing the perpetual existence of genuine sorrows in a plain-hearted manner.
There's saints and there is animals, they've taken what they could
Distinguishing between saints and animals, commenting on their actions and choices.
And it's written in the pages to do just what they should
Referring to a written code or moral guidelines that prescribe proper behavior.
They stood the test and burned the rest and tore them limb from limb
Describing a test of character where some stood firm while others were destroyed.
Like the fashion with no passion, they opened up their skin
Metaphorically describing a superficial fashion lacking genuine passion.
Woe on me, somehow I will feel more free
Echoing the earlier theme of sorrow and a desire for freedom despite challenges.
To wallow in the empty-headed peace
Reiterating the concept of an empty-headed peace, possibly a state of inner conflict.
Where the plain-hearted sorrows never cease
Reemphasizing the perpetual existence of genuine sorrows in a plain-hearted manner.
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