Thistle And Weeds

This simple, powerful melody, the intense, spot-on message held my battered heart in a special place these past few days, so it could safely feel, and begin to heal.

I played it over and over, and then taught myself an accompanying piano part. When I began to experience it, not just listen, it opened a door in me and gave me an understanding I’d overlooked before.

Thank you forever, Mumford, for sharing this with all of us.

Spare me your judgments
And spare me your dreams
Cuz recently mine
have been tearing my seams
I sit alone in this winter
Clarity which clouds my mind.

Alone in the wind
and the rain you left me
It’s getting dark darling
Too dark to see
I’m on my knees
and your faith is in shreds it seems.

Corrupted by the simple sniff
of riches blown
I know you’ve felt much more love
than you’ve shown
And I’m on my knees
and the water creeps to my chest

Plant your hope
with good seeds
Don’t cover yourself with
Thistle and Weeds
Rain down
Rain down on me

Look over your hills
and be still
The sky above us
Shoots to kill

Rain down
Rain down on me

And I will hold on
I will hold on
Hold

Oh, I will hold on
I will hold on
Hold

Oh, I will hold on
I will hold on
Hold

And I will hold on
I will hold on
Hold

I will hold on
I will hold on

I begged you to hear me
There’s more than flesh and bones
But the dead bury their dead
And they will come out in droves
Take the spade from my hands
And fill in the holes that you’ve made

Plant your hope
with good seeds
Don’t cover yourself
with Thistle and Weeds
Rain down
Rain down on me.

~ Mumford and Sons – Thistle and Weeds.