Till I Return

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Sep. 21, 20231 viewer

Till I Return Lyrics

[Verse 1]
Help me load the truck, I already packed my bags
I gotta go now, I don't know when I'll be back
The life I live is takin' my soul
If you weren't stickin' around, then I'd lose all hope

[Verse 2]
I'm diggin' oil for the company man
He's gettin' rich while I get callused hands
And about my life, he could give a damn
See, I got bills to pay, but he needs more land

[Chorus]
Though this journey has been cold
There's a fire burnin' in my soul
And in this dark pit I'm in
Oh, I wonder if you're waitin' 'til I return

[Post-Chorus]
'Til I return
'Til I return

[Verse 3]
My blood's engraved in this here boat
If you fall overboard, you better pray to God you float
Air I brеathe's full of dust and smoke
My body's worn out, but I'll rest it whеn I'm old

[Verse 4]
There were many to fail before
But I've looked Death in the eyes and told him I ain't goin'
What's the problem with dirt on my hands?
This is what I do, this is who I am

[Chorus]
Though this journey has been cold
There's a fire burnin' in my soul
And in this dark pit I'm in
Oh, I wonder if you're waitin' 'til I return

[Post-Chorus]
'Til I return
'Til I return

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“Till I Return” is a deep, hard-hitting, emotional song by San Barber, which depicts the life of an oil rig worker, and his moral struggles with his job and employer. He references this “Company Man”, who, in Sam’s mind, is completely ignorant as tot the state of Sam’s well-being. The man has made Sam leave his family for awhile, and he often wonders if they’ll wait for him to return home, so they can live happily together again. He argues that this work is all that he has. It’s engulfed him, and leaves him thinking that doing this dangerous work is who he is.