People of My Village
Echoes of Lost Voices: Rusted Root's Celtic Tale
Lyrics
Good morning I see you
Starting the day, acknowledging someone's presence.
There on the phone
Observing someone on the phone.
Good morning I see you
Repeating the morning greeting.
Dead on the throne
Noticing someone deceased while in power.
Like a dragonfly with stone wings, stone wings I sing
Using metaphorical imagery of a dragonfly with stone wings to express a challenging situation. Singing about it.
I tell you the ones I love the people of my village
Expressing love for the people of the speaker's village.
That I was drowned in a Scotland sea
Claiming to have experienced a drowning incident in a Scotland sea.
By pagans in ecstasy Mother, Father you never heard from me
Attributing the drowning to pagans in ecstasy; informing parents who never received communication.
Good morning I see you
Repeating the morning greeting.
There on the phone
Observing someone on the phone.
Good morning I see you
Repeating the morning greeting.
Dead on the throne
Noticing someone deceased while in power.
Here I sit stone wings, stone wings I sing I tell you
Sitting with stone wings, singing about it; expressing love for the people of the village.
The ones I love the people of my village
Reiterating affection for the people of the village.
That I was drowned in a Scotland sea
Repeating the claim of drowning in a Scotland sea due to pagans in ecstasy.
By pagans in ecstasy Mother, Father you never heard from me
Reiterating the lack of communication with parents.
(Tell me why)
Parenthetical question, possibly questioning the reasons behind the events.
Good morning I see you
Repeating the morning greeting.
There on the phone
Observing someone on the phone.
Good morning I see you
Repeating the morning greeting.
Dead on the throne
Noticing someone deceased while in power.
I was lifted for the gift
Reflecting on being uplifted for the gift brought, but also feeling held down.
For the gift I bring held down
Continuation of the struggle and the impact on the speaker's surroundings.
I drunk the town
Indicating having consumed the town; possibly metaphorical for facing challenges.
For the people of my village
Reiterating the connection with the people of the village.
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