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Alela Diane
Take Us Back
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Folk-Rock
Take Us Back was released on February 17, 2009 by Rough Trade as a part of the album To Be Still
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Credits

PERFORMING ARTISTS
Alela Diane
Alela Diane
Vocals
Luke Janela
Luke Janela
Cello
Rondi Soule
Rondi Soule
Violin
COMPOSITION & LYRICS
Alela Diane
Alela Diane
Songwriter

Lyrics

Atop the crags and cliffs
The air is thin
So we'll
Find a mountain path on down the hill
Meet me where the snowmelt
Flows
It is there my dear
Where we'll begin again
Skipping stones
Braiding hair
Last years antlers
Mark the trail
Take us back, oh
Take us back, oh
Take us
Take us back
Take us back, oh
Take us back, oh
Take us
Take us back
(Oo-oo-ooh)
(Oo-oo-ooh)
(Oo-oo-ooh)
I've a friend who lives out by
The rivers mouth
He knows the fiddle's crys
An old sound
A lonesome bow
The creaks and moans
Of empty houses
Are songs like falling
Rain
Wind blown buildings
Muddy ground
The strength of water
Can sink a man
Take us back, oh
Take us back, oh
Take us
Take us back
Take us back, oh
Take us back, oh
Take us
Take us back
(Oo-oo-ooh)
(Oo-oo-ooh)
(Oo-oo-ooh)
When the higher hills
Have turned to blue
And the waves are lapping
Where the children grew
All that we have known
Will be an echo
Of days when love was true
Muted voices
Just beyond
The silent surface
Of what has gone
(Oo-oo-ooh)
(Oo-oo-ooh)
(Oo-oo-ooh)
Written by: Alela Diane

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