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moss in your name

from ice olation by Siena Christie

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lyrics

why does it comfort me to sit by your grave,
Elena Garcia, though I never knew your face?
says you left a son behind at only 38
now there’s moss growing from your name

well, I wish I could tell you it was all for the best
the breathing machines and the beds where no one rests
and I don’t want to imagine what went through your mind
as your last day turned to night

and I know you’re sleeping sound
but I wish you could see yourself now

’cause there are fresh red roses on the stone beside you
and kind, loving words someone chose to describe you
and nature has crowned you the queen of this place
there’s a mist that surrounds you
and soft spring moss in your name

and I heard about you, Christopher, 12 years old
when the school shut down you did the same, I’m told
I thought I was the lonely one, but now I’m ashamed
’cause there’s moss growing from your name

all the pain you must have known
well, it seems you’ve passed it on

’cause there are fresh red roses on the stone beside you
and kind, loving words someone chose to describe you
and nature has crowned you the prince of this place
there’s a mist that surrounds you
and soft spring moss in your name

this is where I come to feel
something warm and true and real
but I know it’s not for me
all I wish to do is see

all the fresh red roses on the stones beside you
the kind, loving words someone chose to describe you
and how nature has made you the saints of this place
in the mist that surrounds you
and soft spring moss in your names
soft spring moss in your names
soft spring moss in your names

credits

from ice olation, released April 19, 2021
guitar and all vocals by me.

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names in this song have been changed, but the stories are true. this is my favorite song on ice olation, and I kept weeping as I tried to record it. dedicated to all who have died too early in the wake of this pandemic, and all their loves ones and communities.

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Siena Christie Asheville, North Carolina

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