Grief & Praise

Glen Phillips

Grief and Praise
Glen Phillips

Oh you sisters and circles
Children of mine
Be humble my heart
And sharpen my mind

Though scattered and weary
The change is upon us
We are bound till the end
a family I promise

All that you love
will be taken some day
By the angel of death
Or the servants of change

In a flood water tide
Without rancor or rage
Sing loud while you re able
In grief and in praise

For so many years
We swam into the tide
And we would not abandon
Or row in in kind

Shared our sweat and our shelter
Our bodies and blood
God speed and good fortune
I’ll miss you my love

For all you hold dear
will be taken some day
By the angel of death
Or the servants of change

In a flood water tide
Without rancor or rage
Sing loud while you re able
In grief and in praise

Now we meet
at the will of sorrow
Dug down to
the heart of the earth

To be joined at its source
To the spring of forth
Drink deep while you can
Give thanks for your thirst

For all that you love
will be taken some day
By the angel of death
Or the servants of change

In a flood water tide
Without rancor or rage
Sing loud while you re able
In grief and in praise

Sing loud while you re able
In grief and in praise

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