1. |
Little Sister Cedar Tree
03:33
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Oh little sister cedar tree
Your skinny limbs are trembling in the breeze
And there are faces in the fire each night
Forget not what you have taken, moon-skin child
You can see them slipping in and out of the fog
The blue sky hiding the darkness in their song
Rolling and-a reachin out to see their God
Oh heaven look and tell me--out here--I’m a little bit closer to you
If only I had known you then
Maybe I could have saved you in the end
And in that other life I prayed for peace
For breathless innocents struggling in the heat
They’re the elders presiding silently
What have you seen? What have you seen?
credits
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2. |
There On The Shore
03:12
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Look for heaven out from haze
We wear shackles each in different ways
Moving through reality
I’ll make sure that you stay way down below me
And in the end, they’re arriving
And in the end, waters rising
All our hopes were found in you there
All our hopes were drowned in you there on the shore
Coming down, the howl and void
Remember me in the blood and the oil
Counting cradles, counting cash
You were here in the ivory and glass
And in the end, they’re arriving
And in the end, waters rising
All our hopes were found in you there
All our hopes were drowned in you there on the shore
Jerusalem (If only you knew)
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3. |
Sometimes In The Summer
03:55
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4. |
Spring
03:55
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Hold me by the river
near the bank, beyond the bridge
and when the snow melts we'll rise
like the water, on the sand
Where have you gone,
brothers of mine, manunkind?
There in the fields of sleep,
bitterly plea.
I can hear Rachel weeping for them.
Hold me by the river
near the bank, beyond the bridge
and when the snow melts we'll rise
like the water, on the sand
Mama said it'd be a long time (3x)
out here
So long,
dream inside
child of a lie, before your time
Once I spoke your name,
shattered and lame
in hope that the words would save me.
Hold me by the river
near the bank, beyond the bridge
and when the snow melts we'll rise
like the water, on the sand
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5. |
Two Thousand Strong
03:59
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Out in the wind rushing on past the sheen
It’s not death I fear but what lies in between
And falling through frost in and out of the blue
Most of my songs are about God and you
Come on in come on in
There’s nothing there
Sing it out sing it out
As though there was nothing there
Climb on up, climb on up
And see them
With god and you
Down in my toes I can feel the cold from the loss and the ache weighing down like a stone
In cloud of white pregnant tears fight back
“It’s not fair, it’s not fair” stamped in red, gold, and black
Come on in come on in
There’s nothing there
Sing it out sing it out
As though there was nothing there
Climb on up, climb on up
And see them
With god and you
Somewhere in the snow January bones
Crying loud, crying loud, wait for spring to be found
A silenced song twenty miles long
“I was here! I was here! I was here!”
Two Thousand Strong
Come on in come on in
There’s nothing there
Sing it out sing it out
As though there was nothing there
Climb on up, climb on up
And see them
Two Thousand Strong
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West End Junction St. Louis, Missouri
West End Junction is an alternative folk duo based in St. Louis, MO. Members Dan Ristau (guitar) and Cara Ristau (keyboard, vocals) have been writing and performing since 2014. Find their music videos at www.youtube.com/channel/UCOqtQuocfZOLdeNonDRUmXg?view_as=subscriber ... more
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