Don't Carry It All
The Decemberists
Be sure to list all the vocabulary words, too, as part of the assignment!!
Here we come to a turning of the season Witness to the arc towards the sun
A neighbor's blessed burden within reason
Becomes a burden borne of all and one
Which season are we talking about here?
Why discuss this today, now?
ChorusAnd nobody, nobody knows
Let the yoke fall from our shoulders
Don't carry it all, don't carry it all
We are all our hands and holders
Beneath this bold and brilliant sun
And this I swear to all
What is in our hands? What are we all carrying?
A monument to build beneath the arbors Upon a plinth that towers t'wards the trees
Let every vessel pitching hard to starboard
Lay its head on summer's freckled knees
What is personification?
Chorus A there a wreath of trillium and ivy
Laid upon the body of a boy
Lazy will the loam come from its hiding
And return this quiet searcher to the soil
Why is there such a focus on land??
So raise a glass to turnings of the season And watch it as it arcs towards the sun
And you must bear your neighbor's burden within reason
And your labors will be born when all is done
What is the theme of the song?
In Twelfth Night, Who is carrying the burden? Who knows all the secrets but isn't telling?
