I have no idea why this song is currently so firmly stuck in my head. It's a beautiful track, sad as it may be. It doesn't go in for flowery lyrics, coated in metaphors. It tells it like it is. And that opening verse... says it all really. The yellow ribbon can mean a number of different things: support for troops, a sign for a lover, suicide awareness and prevention. Given the context of the song, the yellow ribbon in the opening line could be any of those three, all of them at once even. That's all I really wanted to say. Just wanted to share this beautiful song with people. You can find the audio here.
"Well they tied that yellow ribbon round the oak tree.
They've worn out all the prayer in their hearts.
All along thought they were routing for the home team,
As they're sent to the game and torn apart.
We twist this tourniquet upon the pipeline,
That he carries all the pain in the world.
As we blindly clap and cheer from the sidelines
It's clear, on a losing streak from the very start.
And that's where they found me,
In the cemetary.
A smoking gun in my hand,
Now I'm damned for the land of the free.
Sing with me,
The American scream.
They took that faded ribbon off the oak tree.
They've worn out all the hope in their hearts.
All along thought I was doing the right thing,
Now I'm lying in a pool of my blood.
And that's where she found me,
In the cemetary,
A smoking gun in my hand,
Now I'm damned for the land of the free.
Sing with me.
And that's where she found me,
In the cemetary,
A smoking gun in my hand,
Now I'm damned for the land of the free.
Sing with me,
The American scream.
The American scream.
And that's where she found me,
In the cemetary,
A smoking gun in my hand,
Now I'm damned for the land of the free.
Sing with me,
The American scream."
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