Here and Heaven Music

 Song (Live) 

Edgar Meyer, Chris Thile, Stuart Duncan, Yo-Yo Ma, and Aoife O'Donovan perform "Here and Heaven" from the album The Goat Rodeo Sessions.

Lyrics: Here and Heaven

                                                                     Chris Thile 

With a hammer and nails and a fear of failure we are building a shed
Between here and heaven, between a wait and the wedding
For as long as we both shall be dead to the world

Beyond the boys and the girls trying to keep us calm
We can practice our lines ’til we’re deaf and blind
To ourselves, to each other, and it’s
Fall, not winter, spring, not summer, cool, not cold

And it’s warm, not hot, have we all forgotten that we’re getting old

With an arrow and bow and some seeds left to sow, we are staking our claim
On ground so fertile, we forget who we’ve hurt along the way
And reach out for a strange hand to hold
Someone strong, but not bold enough to tear down the wall

‘Cause we aren’t lost enough to find the stars aren’t crossed by a line
And why fall hard not soft into
Fall, not winter, spring, not summer, cool, not cold
And it’s warm, not hot, have we all forgotten that we’re getting old

And it’s fall, not winter, spring, not summer, cool, not cold
And it’s warm, not hot, has everyone forgotten that we’re getting old
And it’s fall, not winter, spring, not summer, cool, not cold
And it’s warm, not hot, have we all forgotten that we’re getting old