Tall Pines
Journey of Reflection: Tall Pines Speak a Silent Story
Lyrics
Once in my youth, I stood on this mountain,
Reflecting on a past experience in youth, standing on a mountain.
And planted some pines in the sand.
Planting pine trees in the sand during that youth.
Every day, I'd look their way,
Regularly observing the planted pines each day.
But just couldn't understand...
Expressing confusion or lack of understanding about the pines' growth.
Why they never grew, like I thought they should do,
Noticing the pines' failure to grow as expected.
I just couldn't understand why,
Continuing to grapple with the mystery of the stunted pine growth.
Now I've rambled around, this wide world through,
Having traveled extensively around the world since youth.
And today I just happened by.
Returning to the location where the pines were planted.
Chorus:
Chorus: Introduction to the theme of "Tall Pines."
Tall pines, tall pines,
Describing the tall pines, emphasizing their height.
Reaching up on the sky.
Highlighting the pines' vertical reach into the sky.
Tall pines, tall pines,
Repeating the imagery of tall pines.
I'll bet you wouldn't know me now.
Suggesting a change in the narrator's identity over time.
I'll never forget, the morning I left,
Recalling the departure morning and the sounds of nature.
The hum of the bees in the hay.
Remembering the humming of bees in the hay.
And the farther I walked, the harder they talk,
Noticing that as the narrator walked away, conversations became difficult.
Now silent it seems there today.
Present silence in the remembered location.
There's that old red fence, we built inch by inch,
Describing the construction of an old red fence around family graves.
Surrounding the old family graves.
Highlighting the graves enclosed by the fence.
And there's that one bless'd stone, standing all alone,
Pointing out a particular blessed stone in the graveyard.
There waitin' to join me in the shade.
Expressing anticipation of joining the stone in the afterlife.
Chorus:...
Chorus: Reiteration of the theme and emotions related to tall pines.
Chorus:
Chorus: Repeating the emotional connection to tall pines.
Tall pines, tall pines,
Reiterating the image of tall pines reaching into the sky.
Reaching up on the sky.
Emphasizing the height and significance of the pines.
Tall pines, tall pines,
Repeating the theme of tall pines.
I've come home to sleep beneath your pines.
Expressing a return to rest beneath the tall pines.
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