All My Friends Lyrics
All my friends, all my friends
Will meet the end someday
So I'll sing a song for them
To guide them on their way
Through the violet highs
And the ochre lows
My load feels heavy most days
[Refrain]
All my friends
[Instrumental Break]
[Verse 2]
I always knew and so did you
That we were going to war
Now years have passed
I'm trying to remember who it's for
If we reach thirty six
Or if the door gets slammed
At least I know we've tried
[Refrain]
For all my friends
Marching on, the Tennessee dawn
Is lifting o'er the fields
Steady on, Amеrica
You know it's time to heal
If you open your arms, you'll feel us
Warm and rеady for a change
[Refrain]
All my friends
All my friends
[Instrumental Outro]
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The seeds of this song predate the entire project as a whole. This song is about camaraderie, companionship, people united in common struggle against oppression. I imagine the women literally marching in Tennessee as the dawn lifted over the fields. I imagine the struggle of needing just one more state to ratify, and just how much weight that final vote held. I imagine the collective longing for the country of our birth to open her arms. The opening, featuring my voice in harmony with The Westerlies, sets the tone for the record. Slowly, the strings enter, enveloping the chorale in rich tones, and then when the band kicks in after that first verse, we hear the gorgeous aching sound of the San Francisco Girls Chorus.
- 1.All My Friends
- 2.Crisis
- 3.War Measure
- 6.Daughters
