Parsonsfield - Weeds Or Wild Flowers / Big Old Big One

 

 

I came along to find a little peace of mind

neglectin' all my duties, steppin' off that straightened line

now I just sit by my front door filled with indolence

and sound it's like I'm watchin' the weeds grow on my brow.

 

And I had a pure potential in a soiled white shirt

with love enough to kill me, but was unsure of its worth

and though the night is sweetened by some rising of the moon

I've lived enough to know the battle's never through.

 

You pass something down, no matter where or how

will there be weeds or wildflowers affixed upon your bows

there's a crooked burning cigarette rollin' on your tongue

will there be weeds or wildflowers when you're done.

 

Remember you traveled through the desert,you traveled to the sea

lookin' out on some horizon, asking what you mean to me

and we all hang around with a free or toiled mind

while all of our branches entwine.

 

And as I watch the brick erode from day to day

the leaves change their colours and the loft fills with hay

as a blade of sunshine cuts across my chest

the blood beneath boils with unrest

 

You pass something down, no matter where or how will there

be weeds or wildflowers affixed upon your bows

there's a crooked burning cigarette rollin' on your tongue

will there be weeds or wildflowers when you're done

 

Blown about by the wind, a worthless little thing

but the world can feel the changes of a butterfly's wing

and so that crooked burning cigarette rollin' on your tongue

will leave its weeds before your flowers yet have sprung

will there be weeds or wildflowers when you're done.

      The song appears in The Walking Dead, an American post-apocalyptic horror television series. The song is about someone (the character Carol) reflecting on her life so far and what she's done with it.  You see, as we go through life, the things we do can either have a negative impact (weeds) or a good effect (flowers) on ourselves, and on others as well.  So the question is: will there be weeds or wild flowers when you're done?