jadedmusings | Apr. 8th, 2009

I've mentioned the album Raising Sand before, and as I'm heading to Atlanta tomorrow I thought I'd post a couple of lyrics. There's sentimental reasons for this, and also because I'll probably get to listen to the album again during some quiet moments with Sam, but that's not something for me to write about here without a filter.

"Sister Rosetta Goes Before Us"
Alison Krauss (feat. Robert Plant)

Strange things are happening everyday
I hear the music up above my head
Though the sight of my heart has left me again
I hear music up above

Secrets are written in the sky
Looks like I've lost the love I've never found
Though the sound of hope has left me again
I hear music up above

Standing in my broken heart all night long
Darkness held me like a friend when love wore off
Looking for the lamb that's hidden in the cross
The finder's lost
I know I loved you too much
I'll go alone to get through

I hear Rosetta singing in the night
Echoes of light that shines like stars after they're gone
And tonight she's my guide as I go on alone
With the music up above

"Polly Come Home"
Robert Plant (feat. Alison Krauss)

If the wild bird could speak
He'd tell of places you have been
He's been in my dreams
And he knows all the ways of the wind

[Chorus:]
Polly, come home again
Spread your wings to the wind
I felt much of the pain
As it begins

Dreams cover much time
Still they leave blind
The will to begin
I searched for you there
And now look for you from within

[Chorus]