Breaking The Bear

Verse 1

Silver fur and tired eyes

Lumbered past the pines

Found a valley green and wide

Filled with melodies and singing

Built a den from cedar wood

Happy as a wild creature should

Brought a roar into the chorus

Warmth began to fill the forest

Pre-Chorus

But the wind began to shift

Songs started slipping in the heavy drift

Sharps and flats collided in the air

Fences went up everywhere

Chorus

He was just an old soul in a fur coat

He was just a singer with a rough note

Balanced on a thin line high above

Trying to bring back the peace and love

Now the mountain stands so tall

Watching as the giants fall

Breaking the bear

Verse 2

Staggered on a fraying strand

Canyon walls on either hand

Nearly blind and heavy set

Wishing that they hadn't met

The wire shook beneath his weight

Shouting matches sealed his fate

Tumbled down a thousand feet

Where the stones and river meet

Pre-Chorus

Everything grew quiet on the ridge

Looking down from the broken bridge

Quiet settled in the timber glade

For the final price he paid

Chorus

He was just an old soul in a fur coat

He was just a singer with a rough note

Balanced on a thin line high above

Trying to bring back the peace and love

Now the mountain stands so tall

Watching as the giants fall

Breaking the bear

Bridge

Now they stand beside the mound

Kneeling on the hard packed ground

Mending every broken word

Only now the truth is heard

Soft voices rising together now

To the master of the low bow

No more sides and no more wall

He stood for it all

Chorus

He was just an old soul in a fur coat

He was just a singer with a rough note

Balanced on a thin line high above

Trying to bring back the peace and love

Now the mountain stands so tall

Watching as the giants fall

Breaking the bear