A Song for Our Grandfathers Lyrics

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 doneCuz it's all over nowThrough 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 safeGrandfather looking over meHe 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 waitI 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 weedsThey 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 beGrandmama watching over meAnd 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 waitDon't make them wait, nah
Don't make them waitI hear the ghost whisper
And those old eyes watching me
But I feel safe
I feel safe