Dead Songs in Depth

    
Sunrise
w&m: Donna Godchaux
AGDL: http://arts.ucsc.edu/gdead/agdl/sunr.html
LASF: http://www.whitegum.com/songfile/SUNRISE.HTM
  

    
Sunrise 
Lyrics: Donna Godchaux
Music: Donna Godchaux

Copyright Ice Nine Publishing; used by permission.

Gazing at the fire
Burning by the water
Before he speaks, the world around us quiets
With eyes as sharp as arrows
And turning to the fire
He clears the air and cuts it with a feather

Many in a circle
Slowly round the fire
When he is gone, I want to know him better
No one is forsaken
No one is a liar
He plants the tree of life on our foreheads with water

He hums
There are drums
Four winds
Rising suns
We are singing and playing
I hear what he's saying
I remember breezes
From winds inside your body
Keep me high
Like I told you
I'll sing to them this story
And know why
  

    <scribbled by alexallan>
  

    
Donna gave this account of the background to the song in a recent
Reddit thread:

"Sunrise is about my whole friendship with Rolling Thunder. ... The
lyrics are very literal. They communicate a traditional sunrise
service. The main sunrise service that is alluded or communicated to
in the song Sunrise is Rex Jackson's memorial by Rolling Thunder in
mine and Keith's backyard."
  

    
that’s very cool, makes the lyrics make total sense...
  

    

"I remember breezes from winds inside your body..."

Who farted?