Quiet Warrior (Live)

Lyrics

[Intro] When I was little, there was this tree called the Pagus tree It was a big tree on the edge of a hill, and uh Wow, that was great, I've never done that, that's kinda scary And uh, I learned about everything I know underneath that tree Because you could watch and really get the sense of rhythm, you know? Everything has a flow, and uh I sat down there one time and watched the tide come in and out And the sun was about to set And it made me realize, oh, the sun doesn't, isn't afraid of the night You know, it just gives up 'cause it knows it's gonna rise again And uh, it's interesting 'cause we light up our cities so much And we have all these lights, you know, 'cause we're I don't know, afraid, we forget we're part of the sun or something, you know? And just the natural rhythm of things Sometimes, the tide's out, sometimes it just sucks, but it always comes back in And to surrender to that instead of struggling against it is a lot easier So I wrote this song about that [Verse 1] Standing in a circle The wolves have come But they won't bother her, no 'Cause dancing with her hands of leaves She'll sing for them And ease their hungerin' She's a quiet warrior [Verse 2] Standing at the ocean's stoney shores The waves all worship her She stands in trust and lets the night swallow her Because she knows that she's a piece of the sun And a quiet warrior [Chorus] And you ask her where from the wind blows She says it's how the sky sings And you ask her, "How does the sun rise?" She says for you desire it to be seen And you ask her how does she make your heart fly And she'll tell you You know why She's a quiet warrior [Verse 3] Roaring silently, he's a lion And he'll hunt for you The ravens, they rest on his golden crown And steal your soul He's a quiet warrior [Verse 4] His eyes are warm because his hands They are made of light And they welcome you He smiles and it feels like you've known him Yes, it feels like coming home 'Cause he's a quiet warrior [Chorus] And you ask him where from the wind blows He says it's how the earth breathes And you ask him, "How does the sun rise?" He'll say that she's got wings Oh, and you ask him how does he make your heart fly And he'll tell you You know why He's your quiet warrior Ah, mmm [Outro] Alright, this a yodel I have a little traumatic story to tell first When I was in, I started yodeling when I was six And by the fourth grade, I was pretty good And there was a talent show I thought, "I'm gonna have this down Everybody else is doing little hands through your arms and brush the other guy's teeth" Been done, I was gonna yodel And I'd been performing since I was really little So I felt pretty confident on the stage and everybody else would be nervous So I got up there and laid into my little yodel Did this little song and did this little yodel And the whole fourth grade and fifth grade laughed at me I know, I'm still seeing a therapist They thought I was trying to sing It's that tender age of voice crackage So this is a song I learned when I was six My dad had to sing the "kiss" part 'cause I got really embarrassed