Patty Griffin - Forgiveness

Patty Griffin's Song "Forgiveness" (Album "Living with Ghosts", 1996)

Lyrics:
We are swimming with the snakes
At the bottom of the well
So silent and peaceful in the darkness where we fell
But we are not snakes and whats more
We never will be
And if we stay swimming here forever we will
Never be free

I heard them ringing the bells
In heaven and hell
They got a secret
Theyre getting ready to tell
Its falling from the sky
Calling from the graves
Open your eyes, boy, I think we are saved
Open your eyes, boy, I think we are saved
Lets take a walk on the bridge
Right over this mess
Dont need to tell me a thing, baby
Weve already confessed
And I raised my voice to the air
And we were blessed
Everybody needs a little forgiveness
Everybody needs a little forgiveness

We are calling for him tonight on this
Thin phone line
As usual were having ourselves one
Hell of a time
And the planes keep flying right over our heads
No matter how lond we shout
Hey, hey, hey !
And we keep waving and waving
Our arms in the air
But were all tired out

I heard somebody say
Todays the day
A big old hurricaine
Is blowing our way
Knocking over the buildings
Killing all the light
Open your eyes, boy, we made it through the night
Open your eyes, boy, we made it through the night
Lets take a walk on the bridge
Right over this mess
Dont need to tell me a thing, baby
Weve already confessed
And I raised my voice to the air
And we were blessed
Everybody needs a little forgiveness
Everybody needs a little forgiveness

Category:

Music

Tags:

• Patty
• Griffin
• Forgiveness
• Living
• With
• Ghosts
• 1996
• Patricia
• Jean
• Folk
• Rock
• Country

[JamesPDower]

thank you csi miami for introducing me to this song!

[juliegordon22]

There s no video accompanying the music, actually. To this day, "Living with Ghosts" is, I think, one of the most under-appreciated recordings and my favorite Patty Griffin album by a mile.

[notcutegirl3]

i love this song :)

[eesa49]

this song is so haunting to me as I see it as a spiritual precognition of katrina - if you listen she is telling us what is coming and even shee doesn't know - after all, that is how spirit works. eeerily real in past tense amazingly beautiful and true always. she is a real gift to us all.

[jweyek]

@elishamjfan Where do you start. Just buy every one of her albums. They're all good, and many of them are out of this world.

[appletrees910]

thank you patty for this song....

[objectsovart]

really good

[TheBham54]

I imagine that this is how angels would sing....which may be enough to make me change my ways....damn, I love her voice

[GlamourRita]

@JamesPDower Do you know what is the song on the beginning csi miami s10 e12 friendly fire in style of dubstep 0.00 - 0.55 sec. ?

[elishamjfan]

@ILuvCaroline thank you so much :)

[ILuvCaroline]

@elishamjfan Let Him fly, Tony, Peter Pan, Rain, Goodbye, Blue Sky, Made of Clay, One More Girl, Poor Man's House, Top Of the World, Moses, I Don't Ever Give Up, Mother Of God, Christina, Heavenly Day, Mary, Useless Desires, whewww....

[ILuvCaroline]

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