The emotion is amazing in all songs by The Crane Wives but HOLY MOLY is it exceptional in this one,,,

it doesn't stop when you decide not to move on

this song is making me cry. It's so beautiful, but sad

How To Rest

Once And For All

Show Your Fangs

Back To The Ground

The Glacier House

Strangler Fig

Shallow River

Easier

Steady, Steady

Lyrics:

VR 1:
I don’t know what it’s like 
To lose a loved one to this land. 
I don’t know how it feels 
To hold a folded flag in my hands. 
That’s why I stand. 

CH:
When I pledge that flag every time 
It’s flying, 
It’s cause I know there are millions on that battlefield 
dying 
In the cold or the sand. 
That’s why I stand. 

VR 2:
I don’t know what it’s like 
To picture him coming home, 
And I don’t know how it feels 
To sleep in a king-sized all alone. 
I don’t know 
How anyone could understand. 

(CH)

BRI:
There’s a little boy 
On the edge of town 
Crying cause 
Daddy’s tailgunner let him down. 
And there’s a grown-up girl 
missing half of her world 
On her wedding day. 
No one to give her away.

(CH)

Why I Stand - Single

Stream on Apple Music

Why I Stand (Work Tape)

The Crane Wives' debut record "Safe Ship, Harbored" was Recorded at Sound Post Studios in Grand Rapids, MI, from the fall of 2010 through the winter of 2011. It was produced, engineered and mixed by Ben Zito & Dan Rickabus, and mastered by Joe McCargar. The album was released on May 12th, 2011 at Founder's Brewing Co. in Grand Rapids. 

How To Rest

The Crane Wives

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