Restless Spirit Wandering
Homecoming Echoes: Unveiling the Restless Spirit's Secrets
Lyrics
Restless spirit, wandering, come on home again
Restless spirit, wandering, return home, beckoning the unsettled soul.
Tell me about your days of old, wander back again
Request to share past experiences, to revisit memories.
You won't admit your life is taken, to your death not yet awakened
Refusal to acknowledge life's end, remaining unaware of impending death.
Restless spirit wandering, come on home again
Reiteration of the call for the wandering spirit to come home.
Oglethorpe was around this place some hundred fifty years
Reference to Oglethorpe's presence around the area 150 years ago.
Since a Union bullet hit its mark, and his teenaged heart it pierced
Description of Oglethorpe being wounded during the Civil War.
Years ago a young girl lived here, she became his friend
Recollection of a past friendship between Oglethorpe and a young girl.
But when their family moved away their friendship had to end
Termination of their friendship due to the girl's family moving away.
When we bought this house the neighbors came and talked about him
Neighbors sharing stories about Oglethorpe upon purchasing the house.
Though we've not heard or seen a thing, I hope he comes again
Hope for Oglethorpe's return, despite no recent sightings.
I'd like to ask him lots of things, and hear the way he talks
Desire to engage in conversation with Oglethorpe, learning about his experiences.
Describing local battle scenes on some slow morning walk
Imagining Oglethorpe describing local battle scenes during walks.
Restless spirit, wandering, come on home again
Repeated call for the restless spirit to come home.
Tell me about your days of old, wander back again
Reiteration of the request to share past memories.
Don't admit your life is taken, to your death not yet awaken
Continued denial of acknowledging the end of life.
Restless spirit wandering, come on home again
Renewed call for the wandering spirit to return home.
The room I write used to be a two car garage
Description of the room's history as a garage and later a church.
A nineteen fifties chrome and fin and white wall tired montage
Depiction of a 1950s aesthetic with chrome, fins, and white-wall tires.
Years later it became a church, and they moved an organ in
Transformation of the room into a church with an organ.
And these walls would shake with holy songs and sermons against sin
Mention of the room resonating with religious songs and sermons.
I like to think this place was made for the kind of work I do
Belief that the room is suited for the singer's creative work.
I'll try to be ready when the spirit comes back through
Preparation for the return of Oglethorpe's spirit and the creative process.
I'll write it down and sort it out and make it fairly rhyme
Commitment to documenting and organizing the experiences brought by the spirit.
And marry it to melody of the highest flying kind
Intention to combine the documented experiences with uplifting melodies.
I want to try be to a friend to souls that cannot rest
Aspiration to be a friend to restless souls unable to find peace.
I would not blame their anger, don't claim to know what's best
Non-judgmental stance toward the anger of unsettled souls.
But souls are all connected like the branches on a tree
Concept of interconnected souls, likened to branches on a tree.
And things they see beyond the grave might help out you and me
Suggestion that insights from beyond the grave might benefit the living.
Restless spirit, wandering, come on home again
Repeated plea for the restless spirit to come home.
Tell me about your days of old, wander back again
Continued request for sharing memories of the past.
Tell me as you come and go, things that people need to know
Request for the spirit to communicate important knowledge during visits.
Restless Spirit, wandering, come on home again
Renewed call for the wandering spirit to return home.
Don't admit your life is taken, to your death not yet awaken
Persisting denial of the acknowledgment of the end of life.
Restless spirit wandering, come on home again
Final plea for the restless spirit to come home once again.
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