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Pilgrims

from Souls by The Silver Darlings

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A lovely friend of mine broke up with her new man for whom she had such high hopes. It got me thinking about pilgrimages where people have to crawl or walk bare foot for miles or whatever as a symbol of their desire or faith or whatever.

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Weary of my walking I stepped off to one side
To observe the battered masses on their way across the hillside
From a distance it was hard to tell the laughing from the crying
As the eager rushed ahead, left the suffering to their sighing

Are we prisoners, refugees, is this some kind of protest?
A carnival, a funeral, a wandering in the wilderness?
A flight from fear, a run for home, some impulse led migration
Through the rivers, over mountains with no hint of hesitation
Pilgrims

Should I try to pull them back, should I cheer them on?
Should I tell them to turn around from this road they have embarked on?
Call them over to this table, bid them lay their burden down,
Pour them a drink, urge them to think, take a listen to the sound of all these
Prisoners, refugees...

Some are carrying a picture in a locket on their heart
Some are clinging to each other promising they'll never part
Some are looking for the ledge from which to make the lover's leap
Some are throwing it away, for all they sow they never reap

Mumbling and praying lifting our eyes up to the sky
From the first breath at our mother's breast to the minute that we die
From our heartbroken souls to our shambling stumbling shoes
There is nowhere else to go, and nothing else to do!
We are all prisoners, refugees...

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from Souls, released May 10, 2011

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The Silver Darlings Sheffield, UK

The Silver Darlings are a collection of musicians playing the songs of singer and guitarist Andy Whitehouse. Their playing and songs have been likened in turns to Leonard Cohen, Nick Cave, Karl Wallinger, Jacques Brel and Warren Zevon.
“A landlocked visionary yearning for the margins. Great stuff”
Chris Wood

“Beautiful music”
Martin Stephenson

www.thesilverdarlings.co.uk
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