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