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Cemeteries
20
Rock
Cemeteries was released on September 21, 2018 by ATO Records as a part of the album Town Burned Down
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Release DateSeptember 21, 2018
LabelATO Records
LanguageEnglish
Melodicness
Acousticness
Valence
Danceability
Energy
BPM142

Music Video

Music Video

Credits

PERFORMING ARTISTS
Adam's House Cat
Adam's House Cat
Performer
COMPOSITION & LYRICS
Mike Cooley
Mike Cooley
Songwriter
Patterson Hood
Patterson Hood
Songwriter

Lyrics

Driving all alone past cemeteries in the country
Soybeans and power lines, curves of morning fog
Standing in the church, a cappella songs of mourning
Rise above as tears are falling, a family's somber calls of "Why?"
I am just a new boy in this family full of grief
Maintaining somber postures in this time of disbelief
Driving in the lineup, headlights on and all alone
To another cemetery in the middle of the road
With tears in her eyes, she said, "The worst is yet to come
With one-third already gone and two-thirds left to succumb
The roads with the bridge out or to lightning from the sky
There's so many ways to die and no one can tell me why"
"Why you standing there, boy, with your fancy suit and tie?
Can't you tell we're dressed in black
And she ain't never coming back?"
As they lowered down her body into the cold and somber ground
I turn around, I realize they're looking up, I'm looking down
Faith will never leave you when it's all you're clinging to
But it's a time of much distraction and I'm standing all alone
The quiet of cemeteries, names and dates and flowers
Grass so freshly mown, angels made of stone
Cars may pass on by me now, some might even stop
To bring me plastic flowers or to look at me and ask themselves
Ask themselves, "Why?" Ask yourself, "Why?"
Written by: Mike Cooley, Patterson Hood
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