It had its start with instruments made by slaves from west Africa. I got to visit the Music Center on the Blue Ridge Parkway and couldn’t believe how awesome bluegrass music really is. I never listened before. You would love a trip to BRP:))
@@jasonrussell2680 way to utterly & completely miss the point. Point of the song,from the tree's perspective,is that they were ALL dead,feeding the buzzards & worms,regardless of their uniforms. "All they can see is what they used to be" wasnt a throw away line. Smdh
Today I stood at a massive white oak tree where 1,683 men both blue and grey lost their lives I couldn’t help but feel that I stood with those men at that tree looking out over the massive pasture that once was covered with smoke from the cannons and muskets , blood that was shed by those brave men running into the nearby creek turning it a ruby red I felt the chill bumps run down me and that chill from my head to toes at the humble thought of what they went through their and to think the men was standing their with me just starring out over this beautiful pasture shadowed by rocky face ridge brought a tear to my eye as kin may have fought on that hollowed ground and never made it home to the wife and kids the moms and dads... god rest their souls and may we meet again in the promised land when I finally cross over Jordan....
Well said!! As a matter of fact, were'nt Stone Wall Jackson's last words "lets cross the river and rest beneath the shade of the trees for just a little while..." ?
Yes, indeed! We owe those brave souls who fought on both sides. They believed in their cause , right or wrong. They deserve our Love and respect and should be remembered with honor.
I love this beautiful well written and performed musical tale about a civil war battle as witnessed by the narrator,who is the tallest tree on the mountain. Chris Stapleton is so gifted :a singer,songwriter,guitarist but right there with all of that is his gift of language:he is a wordsmith par excellence. God Bless you Chris may you continue to use the gifts God has given you all the days of your life. You have performed just about every genre, please add Gospel to your public performances and or albums. I know you began your music in church, please gift God and your fans with perhaps Gospel Bluegrass. What a treat that would be!
Anyone that says this type of music didn't spring from irish music has no idea what they are talking about. Damn! Chills to the picture I get from the painting of his words.
This music comes from the mountains. It doesn't matter the mountain range it could be the Appalachian, Smokey, Blue Ridge, or Ozark they were heavily populated by Scotch-Irish. So no, nobody can tell you that this music didn't come from Irish music it 100% did. God Bless
@@MaverickWindsor351 In about 1620. By the Civil War they were using guns too. They were pretty annoying for the Army as they often used repeaters, as they did at Little BigHorn. That's not what the song's about anyway so meh
Sorry for politics but liberals don’t like anything about the time period this song is based upon... me for one am weird to some as I’m humbled when touching a massive white oak that stands tall and over 200 years old knowing confederates camped and laid down lives under or near that white oak....
I really love the line in this song, "The little white trees who don't bend in the breeze are the ones who will never return." Took me a second listen to catch it, and understand what he was talking about there. Anyone else catch that, and understand it?
They wrote this song from the perspective of "witness" trees, trees that saw the civil war. I have seen several of these trees across multiple battlefields from Ga to northern Virginia. They are truly majestic to see in person & to be able to touch.
Makes me think of how the trees would feel about the things we do to this planet and one another. Chris's voice really cuts through air with such a raspy brilliance that the story being told as a "witness tree" is so believable. For me, it's easy to tell it's him singing, but there's almost a feeling of wisdom in this song that it makes me feel like he truly IS that old willow or oak tree looking down.
lyrics My roots are deeper than the bones, the others My colors that change with the sun My branches, we're higher Than anything on the hillside On the day that I watched them all come Some wear the color of the sky in the winter Some, we're as blue as the night They came like a storm with the light of the morn And they fell through the whole day and night Colors flew high and they danced in the sky As I watched them come over the hill Then to my wonder, sticks that made thunder Such a great number lay still When the light came again There was death on the wind As the buzzards made way for the worms And the little white trees that don't bend in the breeze For the ones that will never return Colors flew high and they danced in the sky As I watched them come over the hill Then to my wonder, sticks that made thunder Such a great number lay still Those that have fallen, come when I call them And answer the best that they can But all they can see is what they used to be And that's all that they understand Colors flew high and they danced in the sky As I watched them come over the hill Then to my wonder, sticks that made thunder Such a great number lay still Colors flew high and they danced in the sky As I watched them come over the hill Then to my wonder, sticks that made thunder Such a great number lay still
I've liked this song for awhile but just today I decided to look up the lyrics to better understand what it was about. The first time I listened after understanding the lyrics... it literally brought tears to my eyes
I just heard about this song from a pastor referring to it, and said it was a song from the perspective of a tree near a civil war battle field. Thank you for sharing the lyrics. ❤
Beautiful song. The American Civil War was quite possiby the greatest tragedy to ever happen to this country. May the fallen from both sides rest in peace.
A masterfully written song. One of the deepest most thought provoking songs ever. I ball like a baby every time I listen, touches me deeply into my soul. I also love their song River Runs Red. Another insanely well written song, another tear jerker. Love this band.
LoneWolf Patriot absolutely so beautiful! Makes you think of what the trees throughout have witnessed and what the world doesn’t understand except for the ones that were there 😭
After standing in several of the battlefields and looking at the many burial grounds across the south, this was an emotional song the first time my wife played it for me. All those young men and brothers waisted. 😞
Chris Stapleton is such a great songwriter. What a hauntingly poetry rendition of civil war atrocity. Feels like you could be sitting around a Confederate campfire singing about the loss of friend and brother after a fortnight in the choke of cannon smoke and the crackling of sticks that made thunder.
Politics and greed caused those who wore "the color of the sky in the winter" and those who wore the "blue as the night" to fall on that battlefield....Union and Confederate alike....they were someone's son, husband, father, grandfather, friend...why can we not mourn them all?...We are fortunate to be on the other side of history and know that atrocities like slavery are inhumane but what no-one tells is the story of how the Civil War began directly after the Revolutionary War. With such a novel concept as "All men are created equal" as a basis a foundation was laid for the abolition of slavery...but the wounds had to fester and the boils had to surface before the supposition of a country without slavery could burst forth and become a reality. The Federalist versus the anti-Federalist and states rights versus a national standard...The slave owners knew that the abolition of slavery would cut into their profits and they clung to states rights out of greed...and like today party lines were drawn and Americans were pitted one against another while the fat-ass politicians and the greedy fucking rich sit back and had/have the citizens engage in THEIR melee...Common sense tells us that the cruelty of slavery is insane as well as the killing of helpless fetuses is an insane notion...People wake up and see that we are only great together and divided we are weak....Let cooler heads prevail for the good of mankind...
Greed is the epitome of desire. No human short of enlightenment rules their own desires. Those who possess authority are no exception, and desires distill themselves under such power. Knowing this, we must accept that for so long as the world remains unenlightened, war will be inevitable as a way the powerful fulfill their desires. So too is the next war; and the trend demands this one be on a scale never before experienced by this world. Weep for the lives that are to be lost, it is inevitable. The grisly truth of human nature is that we are beasts with the desires of beasts, and we are the most capable at fulfilling them.
niceboyz77 What a nice thing to say Lost my gggrandfather "Battle of Cedar Run" VA under Stonewall Jackson 48th AL INF Aug 9 1862 Thank you #NotForgotten
I cannot get this song out of my mind! Absolutely amazing viewpoint and lyrics and oh my gosh, that fiddle might as well be weeping with us. History is history, and a lot of it ain’t pretty. Chris Stapleton is an absolute genius at writing songs and then performing them with such incredible talent.
His other song I love is Can You Run? Absolutely reduces me to tears. About a slave who begs his woman to run away with him to the Union soldiers side for freedom. I recently learned it was a real thing. Slaves who could make it across lines were considered “contraband” by the Union and could be free. They even fought against the confederates and, if captured, faced the worst possible consequences.
The lyrics remind of sunday morning coming down...The words are just words but the phrasing..and the vocalist protrayal and descriptions along with the emotion.....Then the crying of the fiddle....and mandolin popping....along with the twang and precussion of the banjo...such a sad and inspiring song......a freind told me to listen to this song.. and I did..just last night...the first time I just listened....The second time I closed my eyes and I could see the words....great song...might be the best written song i've ever heard..
Some friends and I were in Leesburg, VA over the summer, visiting a vineyard. On the property were at least half dozen oak trees that were no less than two hundred years old. I don't know if there were any battles fought around that area, or Confederate encampments, but I'm sure those trees could tell some amazing stories. I actually found myself humming this song. Very humbling experience.
My roots are deeper than the bones, the others My colors that change with the sun My branches, we're higher Than anything on the hillside On the day that I watched them all come Some wear the color of the sky in the winter Some, we're as blue as the night They came like a storm with the light of the morn And they fell through the whole day and night Colors flew high and they danced in the sky As I watched them come over the hill Then to my wonder, sticks that made thunder Such a great number lay still When the light came again There was death on the wind As the buzzards made way for the worms And the little white trees that don't bend in the breeze For the ones that will never return Colors flew high and they danced in the sky As I watched them come over the hill Then to my wonder, sticks that made thunder Such a great number lay still Those that have fallen, come when I call them And answer the best that they can But all they can see is what they used to be And that's all that they understand Colors flew high and they danced in the sky As I watched them come over the hill Then to my wonder, sticks that made thunder Such a great number lay still Colors flew high and they danced in the sky As I watched them come over the hill Then to my wonder, sticks that made thunder Such a great number lay still
This is as beautiful and sad as Peter Mayer's Civil War song, "Charlie Porter," and yes, the perspective is wonderful because it points up the sadness and senseless aspect of what happened. So gorgeous.
I LOVE our country's history! This is such a beautiful song! So manyb people are ignorant & believe the liberal be! Our country's history is messy, our nations struggles shouldn't be cancelled by the ignorant!
My dad put this song on in his car with me and I love it be cause when I’m without him I listen to this song to make me remind of him I Love you Dad ❤️🥺
Same here. Such a good song but something about it gives a dull, deathly feel that makes me so sad for some reason. Makes a heavy heart and I have no clue why.
@Chris Stapleton Hello. I'm doing great. Thanks for asking. Youre music is awesome. I keep coming back to it. This song gets me almost every time 😢 😂. I love it though. Keep up the good work
Listening to this song with tears in my eyes... this song hits me on the level of “Genetic Cellular Memory”... for those who can understand what I mean by that, cheers 🍻
Those that have fallen, come when I call them And answer the best that they can But all they can see is what they used to be And that's all that they understand Anyone know what this is referring to?
I always think the tree calling is in reference to the absorbing of the nutrients from the bodies buried. They come when he calls them, but they cant understand that in the end they are all the same? Maybe? The steeldrivers use the same idea of sameness in the song "THE RIVER RUN RED", pointing out that they were " all Sons of the Heavenly Father", and the line, "winners are losers when you count the dead. Just a thought?
Who’s listening to this masterpiece in 2024?
still brings tears to my eyes too
I just got here..
And next year as well
I'm a 69 year old black guy from The Bronx and no music ever touched my soul as much as bluegrass mountain music!
Hello from Kentucky
We are still in our stick's! Looking at this country and crying.
You, sir, are obviously a man of culture.
It had its start with instruments made by slaves from west Africa. I got to visit the Music Center on the Blue Ridge Parkway and couldn’t believe how awesome bluegrass music really is. I never listened before. You would love a trip to BRP:))
Hello from Virginia
Some kept their country. Some of us lost ours.
Really think that we all have lost our country now!
@@jasonrussell2680 way to utterly & completely miss the point. Point of the song,from the tree's perspective,is that they were ALL dead,feeding the buzzards & worms,regardless of their uniforms. "All they can see is what they used to be" wasnt a throw away line. Smdh
Today I stood at a massive white oak tree where 1,683 men both blue and grey lost their lives I couldn’t help but feel that I stood with those men at that tree looking out over the massive pasture that once was covered with smoke from the cannons and muskets , blood that was shed by those brave men running into the nearby creek turning it a ruby red I felt the chill bumps run down me and that chill from my head to toes at the humble thought of what they went through their and to think the men was standing their with me just starring out over this beautiful pasture shadowed by rocky face ridge brought a tear to my eye as kin may have fought on that hollowed ground and never made it home to the wife and kids the moms and dads... god rest their souls and may we meet again in the promised land when I finally cross over Jordan....
Well said!! As a matter of fact, were'nt Stone Wall Jackson's last words "lets cross the river and rest beneath the shade of the trees for just a little while..." ?
@@deannaluster4205 Yes it was, but he didn't say "for just a little while". just the first part.
Yes, indeed! We owe those brave souls who fought on both sides. They believed in their cause , right or wrong. They deserve our Love and respect and should be remembered with honor.
Thats beautiful. I wish more people had that degree of of love for this nation and appreciation
My kin fought in the Civil war.
I love this beautiful well written and performed musical tale about a civil war battle as witnessed by the narrator,who is the tallest tree on the mountain. Chris Stapleton is so gifted :a singer,songwriter,guitarist but right there with all of that is his gift of language:he is a wordsmith par excellence. God Bless you Chris may you continue to use the gifts God has given you all the days of your life. You have performed just about every genre, please add Gospel to your public performances and or albums. I know you began your music in church, please gift God and your fans with perhaps Gospel Bluegrass. What a treat that would be!
Beautiful mourning song. Sad that trees are smarter than so many of us.
Anyone that says this type of music didn't spring from irish music has no idea what they are talking about. Damn! Chills to the picture I get from the painting of his words.
This music comes from the mountains. It doesn't matter the mountain range it could be the Appalachian, Smokey, Blue Ridge, or Ozark they were heavily populated by Scotch-Irish. So no, nobody can tell you that this music didn't come from Irish music it 100% did. God Bless
Is amazing how this song is about a tree during the civil war and it is better then this new music crap you hear on the radio
I thought it was about Indians
@@jonahirvin7869 honestly same, "sticks that made thunder" was a term used to describe firearms before they knew what a firearm was
@@MaverickWindsor351 In about 1620. By the Civil War they were using guns too. They were pretty annoying for the Army as they often used repeaters, as they did at Little BigHorn. That's not what the song's about anyway so meh
maybe say poop instead of the c word
it made me think of roblox horse world
Thumbs down?! Unbelievable!!! This song gets better every time I listen to it!
me too
100% agree! This is among the best written songs in his catalog. Amazing!
Ditto
Yes
Sorry for politics but liberals don’t like anything about the time period this song is based upon... me for one am weird to some as I’m humbled when touching a massive white oak that stands tall and over 200 years old knowing confederates camped and laid down lives under or near that white oak....
I really love the line in this song, "The little white trees who don't bend in the breeze are the ones who will never return." Took me a second listen to catch it, and understand what he was talking about there. Anyone else catch that, and understand it?
Gary Horton I think I do, to check what does it mean?
2bit MarketAnarchist little wooden crosses for fallen soldiers.
It is talking of the crosses for fallen soldiers. Sorta like in "The Good, The Bad, and The Ugly".
Oh wow. Thank you! I get it! Magnificent observation
They wrote this song from the perspective of "witness" trees, trees that saw the civil war. I have seen several of these trees across multiple battlefields from Ga to northern Virginia. They are truly majestic to see in person & to be able to touch.
The best song ever written that showcases the futility of War.
This is one of the most beautiful songs I've ever heard. It's beautifully written, both the lyrics and the music. One of my favorites of all time.
Sad thing is that I can't show you my babies with stick's of thunder!
Anyone who gives this song a thumbs down is already dead inside...no soul, no feeling, no warmth.
Wow. A song about a tree's perspective during the Civil War... What a unique idea!!!
Awesome
Yeah that is unique! :D
Their is a song by Rush called The Trees in the viewpojt of little trees being bullied by the great oaks.
It is perhaps a supply chain or economical perspective, rather than a brat’s perspective.
Makes me think of how the trees would feel about the things we do to this planet and one another.
Chris's voice really cuts through air with such a raspy brilliance that the story being told as a "witness tree" is so believable. For me, it's easy to tell it's him singing, but there's almost a feeling of wisdom in this song that it makes me feel like he truly IS that old willow or oak tree looking down.
@@that_sun_guy6527 great minds must think alike!
Greatest Artist of all time.. Chris Stapleton
lyrics
My roots are deeper than the bones, the others
My colors that change with the sun
My branches, we're higher
Than anything on the hillside
On the day that I watched them all come
Some wear the color of the sky in the winter
Some, we're as blue as the night
They came like a storm with the light of the morn
And they fell through the whole day and night
Colors flew high and they danced in the sky
As I watched them come over the hill
Then to my wonder, sticks that made thunder
Such a great number lay still
When the light came again
There was death on the wind
As the buzzards made way for the worms
And the little white trees that don't bend in the breeze
For the ones that will never return
Colors flew high and they danced in the sky
As I watched them come over the hill
Then to my wonder, sticks that made thunder
Such a great number lay still
Those that have fallen, come when I call them
And answer the best that they can
But all they can see is what they used to be
And that's all that they understand
Colors flew high and they danced in the sky
As I watched them come over the hill
Then to my wonder, sticks that made thunder
Such a great number lay still
Colors flew high and they danced in the sky
As I watched them come over the hill
Then to my wonder, sticks that made thunder
Such a great number lay still
I always appreciate lyrics in the comments
Gives me chills
I've liked this song for awhile but just today I decided to look up the lyrics to better understand what it was about. The first time I listened after understanding the lyrics... it literally brought tears to my eyes
I just heard about this song from a pastor referring to it, and said it was a song from the perspective of a tree near a civil war battle field. Thank you for sharing the lyrics. ❤
Thank You very much 😊
Beautiful song. The American Civil War was quite possiby the greatest tragedy to ever happen to this country. May the fallen from both sides rest in peace.
This is such beautiful, poetic song, but haunting above all else. War is an awful thing.
Had the audacity to pity myself, and this song has checked me. I’m so very lucky to live the life I have.
Man I am speechless this bluegrass is killing me. The lyrics is so unreal.... The sticks that made thunder God Bless from Ireland
There is Irish in my Family. I will make it there one day. God Bless you sir!
God bless from America. I love my Irish ancestry. Such beautiful art and culture they have.
Makes me cry every time. Godspeed to those poor boys, grey or blue.... I hope they're resting easy.
Tammy does a great job on the fiddle in this song. A GREAT fiddler.
The entire band is all just unbelievably talented musicians
A masterfully written song. One of the deepest most thought provoking songs ever. I ball like a baby every time I listen, touches me deeply into my soul.
I also love their song River Runs Red. Another insanely well written song, another tear jerker. Love this band.
LoneWolf Patriot absolutely so beautiful! Makes you think of what the trees throughout have witnessed and what the world doesn’t understand except for the ones that were there 😭
I hope we don't see this again
I been to many of the battlefields; it's hard not to cry
Thank you for your service 🎉😢❤❤🎉
First time hearing this song, hard to believe I can't stop playing it.
Can you Run ,The Steeldriver a great song
The little white trees that don't bend in the breeze for the one's that will never return. The white crosses on the graves. Such a well written song.
After standing in several of the battlefields and looking at the many burial grounds across the south, this was an emotional song the first time my wife played it for me. All those young men and brothers waisted. 😞
This song is one of the great songs. Whoever wrote it should be vastly proud of this work.
“Have you seen it yet??
Have I seen what??
What a Man can do to another Man...?”
Salute you Chris Stapleton!
Chris Stapleton is such a great songwriter. What a hauntingly poetry rendition of civil war atrocity. Feels like you could be sitting around a Confederate campfire singing about the loss of friend and brother after a fortnight in the choke of cannon smoke and the crackling of sticks that made thunder.
Politics and greed caused those who wore "the color of the sky in the winter" and those who wore the "blue as the night" to fall on that battlefield....Union and Confederate alike....they were someone's son, husband, father, grandfather, friend...why can we not mourn them all?...We are fortunate to be on the other side of history and know that atrocities like slavery are inhumane but what no-one tells is the story of how the Civil War began directly after the Revolutionary War. With such a novel concept as "All men are created equal" as a basis a foundation was laid for the abolition of slavery...but the wounds had to fester and the boils had to surface before the supposition of a country without slavery could burst forth and become a reality. The Federalist versus the anti-Federalist and states rights versus a national standard...The slave owners knew that the abolition of slavery would cut into their profits and they clung to states rights out of greed...and like today party lines were drawn and Americans were pitted one against another while the fat-ass politicians and the greedy fucking rich sit back and had/have the citizens engage in THEIR melee...Common sense tells us that the cruelty of slavery is insane as well as the killing of helpless fetuses is an insane notion...People wake up and see that we are only great together and divided we are weak....Let cooler heads prevail for the good of mankind...
Rich man rolls the dice, poor boy pays the price...
I pray that someday we'll change that for good, but I know better.
Wasn't even about slavery. That's what history remembers, but it was about big government vs. States rights.
Greed is the epitome of desire. No human short of enlightenment rules their own desires. Those who possess authority are no exception, and desires distill themselves under such power.
Knowing this, we must accept that for so long as the world remains unenlightened, war will be inevitable as a way the powerful fulfill their desires.
So too is the next war; and the trend demands this one be on a scale never before experienced by this world.
Weep for the lives that are to be lost, it is inevitable.
The grisly truth of human nature is that we are beasts with the desires of beasts, and we are the most capable at fulfilling them.
"Let cooler heads prevail for the good of mankind..."
I agree. Topical, given the day's current events.
@@samanthahudson-kemp204 States' rights to allow men to keep slaves.
If you wish to call out greed and injustice, do not dare to whitewash it.
“All that they can see is what they used to be”
This song is about truly passing on
a salute to all who fell in americas civil war. i love it. very chilling
niceboyz77 What a nice thing to say Lost my gggrandfather "Battle of Cedar Run" VA under Stonewall Jackson 48th AL INF Aug 9 1862 Thank you #NotForgotten
I cannot get this song out of my mind! Absolutely amazing viewpoint and lyrics and oh my gosh, that fiddle might as well be weeping with us. History is history, and a lot of it ain’t pretty. Chris Stapleton is an absolute genius at writing songs and then performing them with such incredible talent.
This song is beautiful!!! Such a great song and a sad time in history! My family fought on both sides. WV/VA
Song paints a vivid tragic picture! Brings tears to my eyes every time I listen to it.
His other song I love is Can You Run? Absolutely reduces me to tears. About a slave who begs his woman to run away with him to the Union soldiers side for freedom. I recently learned it was a real thing. Slaves who could make it across lines were considered “contraband” by the Union and could be free. They even fought against the confederates and, if captured, faced the worst possible consequences.
Listen to that fiddle weep... amazing song
The lyrics remind of sunday morning coming down...The words are just words but the phrasing..and the vocalist protrayal and descriptions along with the emotion.....Then the crying of the fiddle....and mandolin popping....along with the twang and precussion of the banjo...such a sad and inspiring song......a freind told me to listen to this song.. and I did..just last night...the first time I just listened....The second time I closed my eyes and I could see the words....great song...might be the best written song i've ever heard..
I love the south!! I think I livedcthere in a past life!!
Some friends and I were in Leesburg, VA over the summer, visiting a vineyard. On the property were at least half dozen oak trees that were no less than two hundred years old. I don't know if there were any battles fought around that area, or Confederate encampments, but I'm sure those trees could tell some amazing stories. I actually found myself humming this song. Very humbling experience.
I don't know how, but the strum of the fiddle is exactly how my heart breaks and feels!!! I love this band and all of their music!!!
My roots are deeper than the bones, the others
My colors that change with the sun
My branches, we're higher
Than anything on the hillside
On the day that I watched them all come
Some wear the color of the sky in the winter
Some, we're as blue as the night
They came like a storm with the light of the morn
And they fell through the whole day and night
Colors flew high and they danced in the sky
As I watched them come over the hill
Then to my wonder, sticks that made thunder
Such a great number lay still
When the light came again
There was death on the wind
As the buzzards made way for the worms
And the little white trees that don't bend in the breeze
For the ones that will never return
Colors flew high and they danced in the sky
As I watched them come over the hill
Then to my wonder, sticks that made thunder
Such a great number lay still
Those that have fallen, come when I call them
And answer the best that they can
But all they can see is what they used to be
And that's all that they understand
Colors flew high and they danced in the sky
As I watched them come over the hill
Then to my wonder, sticks that made thunder
Such a great number lay still
Colors flew high and they danced in the sky
As I watched them come over the hill
Then to my wonder, sticks that made thunder
Such a great number lay still
Geez, I LOVE this song!!
I can smell the gun powder and hear the Calvary galloping in. 😍 I’ll just be settin here playin my banjo boys. Don’t mind me!
I heard this band and Chris Stapleton sing this in person. Amazing! It was written from the perspective of the trees,.
This is as beautiful and sad as Peter Mayer's Civil War song, "Charlie Porter," and yes, the perspective is wonderful because it points up the sadness and senseless aspect of what happened. So gorgeous.
Brilliant concept and lyrics. Well done!!
Listen to this after I reenact and it hits even harder.
How have I not heard this until now?!?! no other words but masterpiece fit this beautifully written song!!!!
Iam proud that these hero s made this such a great country
... Forever in there dept
this song was burned into my brain the FIRST time i heard it!
This song makes my heart hurt.
My neighbors always listen to this song, I hope they like it
Me too! 😂
Amazing Song!!! That fiddle player is magnificent, the tone! Wow!
I LOVE our country's history! This is such a beautiful song! So manyb people are ignorant & believe the liberal be! Our country's history is messy, our nations struggles shouldn't be cancelled by the ignorant!
This song is amazing, and gives the perspective I’ve never thought of before, well written
I think the same May God bless u
@@jeffhamrick2016 Thank you, and may God bless you as well
This song is amazing
It's hard to listen 2 when you've seen all the battlefields in Gettysburg but I love this song so much!
Thank you for this masterpiece of music
Absolutely beautiful song and lyrics..... WOW!!
this song is haunting!!
Do u guys get the lyrics? If not he's singing about a trees point of view of the Civil War. Its a great song!
I don't usually listen to country but this is one of my favorite songs
That's because it's bluegrass.
One of my favorite songs ever!
Wonderful song. Thank you
This is some of the best bluegrass I've ever list on to and he is perfect for this music:-)
this is a beautiful song
Such a great song. Always remember the great American tradgedy.
My roots are deeper than the bones of the others
Stunning in all respects!!
Beautiful song and perspective. If you like this you may also like Green eyed gal by Lost Dog Street Band.
Went to Gettysburg last December and stood in the middle of the bloody wheat field... It was not a pleasant experience.
Haunting
I had family fight on both sides. Song makes me cry
Thats some kinda Fiddle and Banjo layin..It has a haunted sound that one wont forget.
"sticks that made thunder" black powder rifles people.
My dad put this song on in his car with me and I love it be cause when I’m without him I listen to this song to make me remind of him
I Love you Dad ❤️🥺
Sorry for your loss 😢😢😢
Phenomenal lyrics
Why am i tearing up
I'm sitting at a mcdonald's, drinking my coffee, trying not to cry while listening to this song. Don't know why it hits me so hard
Same here. Such a good song but something about it gives a dull, deathly feel that makes me so sad for some reason. Makes a heavy heart and I have no clue why.
Steeldrivers.... EVERY song hits you square in the feels! It isn't just you.
@Chris Stapleton Hello. I'm doing great. Thanks for asking. Youre music is awesome. I keep coming back to it. This song gets me almost every time 😢 😂. I love it though. Keep up the good work
Never forget that war & its multiple causes or we're doomed 2 repeat it and if we do all those who have fought & died for us since deaths are in vain
This is one of my favorites.. Merica! Yee Yee
I never thought a tree could make me that emotional
I want to meet that old tree someday
wouldnt you love to talk to it?Or better yet listen
Me too brother
Sorry, 2 years after the song it was destroyed by a 100-pdr shell at the siege of Petersburg.
Thanks mike i love it!!
The 99 dislikes are 99 problems of the world
Those dislikes most likely came from America-hating commies. Communists are not even people. They are vermin. Worse than plague-carrying rats.
@@BlueSkyCountry I know it. Straight facys
@@BlueSkyCountry facts*
what do we do to eachother. the ever observing innocent nature looks in wonder
Until that same tree sings about a bear taking down an elk 😆
dear gawd!
10 people can't appreciate a good ballad
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I love songs from a different perspective. Mandolin Orange (Watchhouse) has a song from a horse’s perspective. It’s called Cavalry.
How many lead vocalists where there in steel drivers ? This band is ever evolving..
he has just gotten better with time just like whiskey
How am I just now finding you?!
My class watched this and started crying
Listening to this song with tears in my eyes... this song hits me on the level of “Genetic Cellular Memory”... for those who can understand what I mean by that, cheers 🍻
Thank you for this. Interesting.
Love this song
Those that have fallen, come when I call them
And answer the best that they can
But all they can see is what they used to be
And that's all that they understand
Anyone know what this is referring to?
I always think the tree calling is in reference to the absorbing of the nutrients from the bodies buried. They come when he calls them, but they cant understand that in the end they are all the same? Maybe? The steeldrivers use the same idea of sameness in the song "THE RIVER RUN RED", pointing out that they were " all Sons of the Heavenly Father", and the line, "winners are losers when you count the dead. Just a thought?
I love the steel drives but cant find and videos with lyrics