Danielle Ate The Sandwich I Need To Bury My Dad Lyrics

[Verse 1]
I need to bury my dad
He died a few years ago
A global pandemic swept
Through the lungs of the planet's soul
So we couldn't get together with family
Caught in the obligations of living
And I made excuses that I learned from you
Like winter can be so goddamn cruel

[Chorus 1]
But it's been two summers past
And I could've already driven there and back
[Verse 2]
When we were young, they said it would happen
So me and my sister figured it would
And inside acceptance I run a circle
Caught in the feelings of being so old and so young

[Chorus 2]
I'm writin' poetry and nodding my head
When somebody talks about grief

[Verse 3]
Civilizations made up the rituals
For mourning and moving on from death
So I might know how, a thousand years later How in the world to lay your body to rest

[Chorus 2]
I'm writin' poetry and nodding my head
When somebody talks about grief

[Bridge]
In the painting of the pine trees (Painting of the pine trees)
On the hillside where you named me (Hillside where you named me)
On the wind we spoke your memory (Wind we spoke your memory)
And the tall grass kissed our knees (Knees)
[Verse 4]
Part of me can still hear you laughin'
When the earth shook from the sound of the cannons
From ashes to ash, in the hills of Nebraska
You have been returned to dust

[Chorus 2]
I'm writin' poetry and nodding my head
When somebody talks about grief
I'm writin' poetry and nodding my head
When somebody talks about grief