But it don't make no difference if you sit or you stand, So I wish I was a slave to an age-old trade, by @Jenkinzz : This song captures the narrator’s romantic longing for a more pastoral way of life, such as learning to master a trade. Was this info helpful? Yes No. This version has the intro, along with the rest of the song. The Head and the Heart – Down in the Valley [OFFICIAL VIDEO] (YouTube). Change ), You are commenting using your Facebook account. The Head and the Heart - Down in the Valley Lyrics. It’s perfect. Initially I viewed this part of the song as positive. But down in the valley Today, much of our work is very abstract and service-related. The Head And The Heart previewed 'Rivers and Roads: The Head And The Heart - Live from Pike Place Market,' a concert film and live album, by sharing "Down In The Valley" from the set. For me, hiking is my way to get back to a simpler way of life that may be difficult but fills the day with meaningful moments. I am on my way back to where I started. The desire comes from a primordial desire…. I think the singer is acknowledging that there are so many places other than the one where he is stuck, yet at the end of the day he finds his way to a bar in the valley and drinks away his sorrow and motivation to make a change. This particular song triggers wanderlust in me because of its tone and lyrics. 383,382개의 Shazam이 있는 The Head And The Heart의 Down In The Valley을(를) 감상해 보세요, Apple Music의 재생 목록 Acoustic Memories 및 The Head and the Heart Essentials에서 제공 중 The Head And The Heart - Down In The Valley (tradução) (Letra e música para ouvir) - I wish I was a slave to an age-old trade / Like ridin' around on railcars and workin' long days / Lord have mercy on my rough and rowdy ways / Lord have SoundCloud. ( Log Out /  Lost in My Mind (2011) Down in the Valley (2011) Ghosts (2012) Shake (2013) Another Story (2013) Let’s Be Still (2014) All We Ever Knew (2016) Quellen. Stream The Head and the Heart - Down in the Valley by Sub Pop from desktop or your mobile device. Down in the Valley The Head and the Heart. Read all about it over at subpop.com - ow.ly/ 3C9Cu The Head and the Heart artist page! The Head and the Heart - Down In The Valley Lyrics. Login/register; Home; Songs; Artists; Public books; My song book; Resources; Forum; Search. "Down In The Valley". The Head and the Heart is a folk band which formed in 2009 in Seattle, Washington, United States. Drummer Tyler Williams … Call it one drink too many. These two lulls, one talking about going “back to where I started” and the other about being a “slave to an age-old trade,” bring about the resolution of the song. It’s hard to find meaning in something you can’t hold in your hand. Down in the Valley The Head and the Heart Chords and Lyrics for Guitar. The mention of places that the singer has never been to hints to traveling as an escape from work, something I often do. I pictured whiskey rivers as ones that run hard with foam caught in eddies and silt dirtying the water brown. It is unlikely that these were in the writer’s mind when the song was written, but they eventually made their way into mine and reinforced a darker meaning. Change ), You are commenting using your Google account. In the meantime, the author is trapped in a cycle of bad habits in attempt to deal with this longing, as evidenced by his calling for mercy and reference to one drink too many. For me, they conjure an image of lining up at a bar in order to get a baptismal drink of whiskey. ( Log Out /  The chorus follows but after the song resumes the somber tone from the beginning and the first lyrics are repeated again. Josiah Johnson had moved to Seattle from Southern California to attend graduate school, and Jonathan Russell had recently relocated from Richmond, Virginia. 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