A Song For Our Grandfathers Lyrics - Singles - Future Islands

Been a long time, in a low place 

Surrounded by what I have made 

Need to get away 

Get away from what relates 

And what was done 

Cuz it's all over now 

Through the woods, I come running to loose leaf 

And carve my name 

In the lines, there's not a trace 

I hear the ghost whisper, and those old eyes watching me 

But I feel safe 

Grandfather looking over me 

He said: 

Don't make them wait 

Gotta go a long way 

Let's be brave 

Don't make them wait 

Nah, don't make them wait 

I sat down, with a coffee on my bent knee 

Looking out, at the burnt land, looking back at me 

These used to be green crops 

And high on a summer breeze 

No it's fallow fields and clear-cut barren weeds 

They said that if I stared 

The abyss would stare back at me 

So I did... 

And I felt it slowly creep in me 

Save for the smoke, that danced when I took a drag 

It made me think about the way it all came to be 

Grandmama watching over me 

And she said 

Don't make them wait 

Gotta go a long way 

Let's be brave 

Don't make them wait 

Nah, don't make them wait 

Don't make them wait, nah 

Don't make them wait 

I hear the ghost whisper 

And those old eyes watching me 

But I feel safe 

I feel safe