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lyrics
Give it a rest
Don’t try to make it happen
Did you forget?
You’ve gotta kick the habit
You can’t remake the world according to your will
Oh, blessed boy
Our golden child of promise
We have enjoyed the light you shed upon us
Let us attend unto that frail and weary flame
The weight of all the earth
Was never yours to bear
I guess we live and learn
Where can we be, but here?
Shimmering jewel
Your mother’s crowning glory
Son of a fool
You chose another story
A family, made out of more than flesh and bone
I know you’re tired
It is a labored livin’
Much is required
of whom to much is given
Don’t leave us here
We need you now just as before
I wanna hear you sing again at the top of your lungs as we hit the interstate
Just like it’s sunny with a high of 75, a glory that never fades
I know it’s harder than we ever imagined, but Brother Bear, we are on the way
I wanna hear you sing again at the top of your lungs not a note out of place
Give it a rest
Don’t try to make it happen
Did you forget?
You’ve gotta kick the habit
You can’t remake the world
credits
released October 21, 2022
GIVE IT A REST (3:39)
performed by The Arcadian Wild
written by Lincoln Mick, Isaac Horn, & Bailey Warren
Isaac Horn: vocals, guitar
Lincoln Mick: vocals, mandolin
Bailey Warren: fiddle, vocals
Erik Coveney: bass
recording engineer: Logan Matheny
mixing engineer: Shani Gandhi
mixing assistant: Kylie Sager
mastering engineer: Adam Grover at Sterling Sound
it's such a beautiful album of grieving and loss and acceptance. it speaks to a particular kind of grief -- not a grieving of one who is lost, but the grieving for one who is still present and still causing pain. i love the last song most because while it could end in pain, or end with the narrators decision to permanently push this person out of their life and that would be justified, it doesn't. instead, it offers something. what is offered? acceptance. hope. and a chance for redemption janmisha
This album is single-handedly getting me through my seasonal depression. Captures the energy of the season perfectly, and with a nice hopeful message to remind myself to keep going. <33 redrevelry
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