We’ve updated our Terms of Use to reflect our new entity name and address. You can review the changes here.
We’ve updated our Terms of Use. You can review the changes here.

Fox Path

by The Herbal Remedies

/
  • Streaming + Download

    Includes unlimited streaming via the free Bandcamp app, plus high-quality download in MP3, FLAC and more.
    Purchasable with gift card

      $11 USD  or more

     

1.
On a Day 02:05
On a day when ice was falling from the sky I thought of you somewhere by the sea side The picture pleasing to my mind’s eye Frozen tracks but the trains still fly on by If I’m off roaming as the day turns into night Spiraling colors, how can I explain the sight? The dust settles upon me, I pedal on My ears are tingling as I hear a thousand songs And if I live to see the man come tumbling down I’ll stay up watching as he burns all to the ground Oh come will dance upon the cinders the next day And sleep won’t come until there’s no more strength to play You won’t believe me when I share the hope I’ve seen Cannot conceive until you yourself have been To the desert love, we’ll go there overnight By the mountains and the salt flats wayside Despite the 5/0 and the hassles of the ride I’ll risk it gladly to see the pretty lights
2.
The way I knew is gone My purpose I am learning Today I will be home My heart no longer hurting Meet me by the gate love The bells there will be tolling No longer will I roll off Our new words hear them forming Dear crystal child sleeping Your siblings all are fighting Awake from hibernating You’re not safe meditating It’s peace you want, it sounds true But war has come despite you The game is set, the rules made Now contemplate your every move Resonating Virtues Our histories escape you The powers that be tell you to Lay back while they take you There’s one more trick I entreat You gladly use and not grieve For brethren of the blue sleeve For sistren lying through teeth Throw tyrants from their high seats The spoiled rotten must meet The earth and our dear sun’s heat And be cleansed by the fire
3.
My poor head is aching, and my fear I can’t hide The way things are going, how can I abide? My true love was taken, by a swift beam of light While I fitfully slept, it happened overnight Got me feeling so sad and lonesome, it’s hard to be kind Now she’s light-years away and enjoying the sights While I’m planted in the earth, wishin the sun would shine bright You went down to the station and bought a ticket to ride But me, I’d no money, and no spirit of flight Like a fire that burns, consuming it’s right How all came about, too, too quickly Though so badly it hurts, of course it’s your right, It’s just you’ve cracked my shell completely I took comfort in the arms of strangers who held me, as I wept like a child The easiest way is to listen to your soul Do what your own sweet heart does tell you
4.
The Fox Path 04:17
If you follow the fox path Through the snow covered wood Little one will teach you Never take more than you should If you go with the butterfly On their migration drift Let yourself be remade Put your faith in the wind Take a lesson from the brown bear In the caverns they sleep When you have reawakened Share with us your grand dream From the turtles repose On the banks of river swift Go as slow as the moss grows Just meditate and sit Let your heart find this wisdom All but humans seem to know Live at peace with our mother Earth is where all life has grown Earth is where all life is grown Earth is where all life will grow
5.
Phoenix 05:47
Much travel is needed Before that raw man Is ripened Many seeds must be sown And the rain must fall To feed all of the mother’s children For the phoenix to rise It must go through the fire And the eagle must go up in smoke ---- When the troops come home and we've come to ground the drones, can you even picture this, well we get them to enlist in a task of transformation building new our fallen Nation accountability for action, understanding all our impact and no longer will we seek to dominate all of the people , never again perverse and make A spear out of the steeple; With once military dollars we will pay organic farmers to retrain all the vets to sing sonatas to the "pests" Ala Rawles and ala Jesus and all those who've come to teach us We can feed all of the people be at peace with all the creatures Dig deep down to name our fears Be not afraid to shed our tears When there's no one left to blame We'll admit we're all the same We love we sing we laugh we cry we all deserve another try the struggles we all face inside are mirrored in each other's eyes With all the ways to demonize And all the means to penalize Instead with every ounce of zeal Let's strive all hearts to mend and heal! --- Picture this, I invite you Picture this, I trust you Picture this, I love A bunch of roses can block the road The whole of the empire brought down with a kiss The tide is turning albeit slow
6.
Lord dear lord you don’t see me for who I am, what I am, who I am, what I am, Lord dear lord you don’t see me at all Work got hard, the road got tough, my feet grew tired and my hands grew rough Tell me did you ever think to look my way Lord dear lord did you notice just what I did and where I went and who I saw and time I spent I said lord dear lord, did you notice at all By the light of heaven I can see the shadow’s shade At dawn and dusk hard lines of truth are made a certain kind of gray Struggling with virtue, searching through both dark and light Sometimes it’s hard to follow in the narrow path of light Seasons change I walk along and watch the shift of sun Skies of gray and days of blue and over everyone As the cycle turns its course I wonder where’s the source And does the god in heaven ever think to show us some remorse
7.
There were people dying, all the spectators came The response of the nations - was a goddamn shame. Not a one could say a word against it; cause they was all doin' the same - What kind of world have we made? There is a certain sort of chill to the numbness of our sleep, when we turn from all but the company we keep The coolness of our shoulder brought the poor right to their knees. Momma rock us into seeing, it's our future that will weep. The coolness of our shoulder brought the poor right to their knees. Momma rock us into seeing, it's our future that will weep. Some of them boys was throwing dice, huddled ‘round a cold street Risking their last dollar, cuz dem babies couldn't eat and if the cops showed up; then it was jail and to get beat - 2 Who's saving who, what's left to fight? The pendulum of blame keeps swinging swinging side to side when has the whipping ever rid us of a sin? Momma, rock us out of keeping on the way we’ve always been when has the whipping ever rid us of a sin? Momma, rock us out of keeping on the way we’ve always been Can’t call it peace when it’s a gun that made them leave Can’t simply be till all our shackles are set free Got truth to speak but no one wants to hear you preach to our consciousness give heed for too long we've been deceived
8.
9.
Wrinkled 01:42
10.
Apples 05:19
I am breathing, breathing, breathing Oh this debt that I owe the universe This life-giving life-giving life-giving life that I never deserved I belong to the people who raised me And To the earth that provides, that provides I belong to humanity choked on our vanity, blinded by pain and by fear of more pain I remember a future where soil was precious as spirits of children Which in turn were as dear as consent from a woman I haven’t forgotten the past that still lives in the prisons and suits and the black combat boots --- You can’t even imagine the apples you’ll have in six years or ten If you plant your tree now From that one tree you’ll feed all your neighbors, too many to pick They’ll need to bake pies Remember the future you hold in your mind’s eye. As you walk through the world, it emerges

credits

released December 16, 2017

All songs written by The Herbal Remedies: Katie Bender, Tzippora Rhodes, Thistle Van Dyk
Katie Bender: Violin, piano, vocals
Tzippora Rhodes: Accordion, flute, vocals, glockenspiel
Thistle Van Dyk: Guitar, vocals
Charlie Universe: Bass
Producer: Charlie Universe
Sound Engineer: Gene Nemirovsky

license

all rights reserved

tags

about

The Herbal Remedies Chicago, Illinois

contact / help

Contact The Herbal Remedies

Streaming and
Download help

Redeem code

Report this album or account

If you like The Herbal Remedies, you may also like: