Zachariah Baker & His Guitar Orchestra - Green & Gold Lyrics

Maybe i'll sleep forever
In a soft, pale white
Once all my slights
Are forgotten

And you'll go, all together
To my shade in the meadow
Where green is my willow
And golden the sun

Offer one pint of bitter
And two small sheaves of Burley
But come you not too early
In the mornin

And i'll darken the heather
Terrible and wise
Kneel and take your prize
This communion

Pain is wise
Blood our greatest teacher
Scars remain
To protect us from our past
Beckon me, up from the ground
If you forget what we all found here
Together

Golden leaves now are scattered
For me, the Wildflower King
A green but blistered thing
Blissless yet beautiful

In a voice like children's laughter
Mixed with burning trees
Crackling bark and pleas
From the faithful

"You must climb Jacob's Ladder
Rung by sanguine rung
A song strongly sung
Not faint nor fitful

Will any of it matter?"
My grating awful whisper
Scrapes your insides deeper
Than is possible

Green and gold in the heather
Green and gold in your eyes
Here he lies
Your lover

Pain is wise
Blood our greatest teacher
Scars remain
To protect us from our past
Beckon me, up from the ground
If you forget what we all found here
Together