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Ghosts of the Revolutionary War

from Axehandle Road by The Orchards

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lyrics

we are the ghosts of the revolutionary war
and our bones, made of sand and of stone
made of corn and of chrome on a land not our own
we are from somewhere else

we're not afraid of anything else
and we're not afraid of that
we'll sink our teeth in the back of their knees
and fell them just like that

and the chimes that we're hearing tonight
they remind us of when they had the noose round our necks
and we sang liberty
and the blood of a thousand of us
it sleeps on the ground outside of the gates
and they say 'none shall pass'
and the sun, it is opening up
from the back to the front everything that we want
is within reach, our destiny

so bridle your horse and come with an axe
we're marching in the streets
sycamore bones and a ten-ton stone
we're come to tame the beast

we are the ghosts of a revolution and a war

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from Axehandle Road, released March 14, 2014

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The Orchards Portland, Maine

The Orchards were the songwriting project of Pennsylvania native Eric Schwan, based in Portland, ME and featuring a revolving cast of musicians adding orchestral and ambient textures and harmonies to his simple, folk-based songs. They released their LP, "Sing Birds, In Your Shrinking Woods" on Apohadion/Burst & Bloom Records with a final show on September 15, 2019. ... more

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