A Song For Our Grandfathers
2014
4:55
Official Music Video
A Song For Our Grandfathers by Future Islands
Lyrics & Translation
English
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 done
Cuz it's all over now
Through 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 safe
Grandfather looking over me
He 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 wait
I 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 weeds
They 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 be
Grandmama watching over me
And she said
Don't make them wait
Gotta go a long way
Let's be brave
Show them the way
Nah, don't make them wait
Don't make them wait, nah
Don't make them wait
I hear the ghost whisper
And those old eyes watching me
But I feel safe
I feel safe
Spanish translations are provided by the LyricVerse team.
Spanish translation of A Song For Our Grandfathers by Future Islands
A Song For Our Grandfathers* (original Future Islands)
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 done
Cuz it's all over now
Through 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 safe
Grandfather looking over me
He 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 wait
I 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 weeds
They 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 be
Grandmama watching over me
And she said
Don't make them wait
Gotta go a long way
Let's be brave
Show them the way
Nah, don't make them wait
Don't make them wait, nah
Don't make them wait
I hear the ghost whisper
And those old eyes watching me
But I feel safe
I feel safe
A Song For Our Grandfathers (traducción LyricVerse Team)
Ha pasado mucho tiempo, en un lugar bajo
Rodeado por lo que he hecho
Necesito escapar
Alejarme de lo que se relaciona
Y lo que se hizo
Porque ya todo terminó
A través del bosque, vengo corriendo a la hojarasca
Y tallar mi nombre
En las líneas, no hay rastro
Escucho el susurro del fantasma, y esos viejos ojos observándome
Pero me siento seguro
El abuelo cuidando de mí
Él dijo
No los hagas esperar
Hay que ir muy lejos
Seamos valientes
No los hagas esperar
Nah, no los hagas esperar
Me senté, con un café en mi rodilla doblada
Mirando hacia afuera, la tierra quemada, mirándome de vuelta
Estos solían ser cultivos verdes
Y altos con una brisa de verano
Ahora son campos en barbecho y maleza estéril talada
Dijeron que si yo miraba fijamente
El abismo me devolvería la mirada
Así lo hice
Y sentí cómo se arrastraba lentamente en mí
Salvo por el humo, que bailaba cuando di una calada
Me hizo pensar en cómo todo llegó a ser
La abuela cuidando de mí
Y ella dijo
No los hagas esperar
Hay que ir muy lejos
Seamos valientes
Muéstrales el camino
Nah, no los hagas esperar
No los hagas esperar, nah
No los hagas esperar
Escucho el susurro del fantasma
Y esos viejos ojos observándome
Pero me siento seguro
Me siento seguro
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