Elliot Brood – Write it All Down for You

Keeping with the theme of the last post, tonight’s tune is another number that was performed at this year’s Polaris Music Prize gala; The Toronto alt-country act Elliot Brood enlisted the audience’s help on percussion, resulting in a performance that was hard not to enjoy.  Write it All Down for You can be found on the band’s second full-length album Mountain Meadows, released in June of 2008.  On top of the Polaris short-listing, the album was also JunoJuno reviews nominated for “Roots & Traditional Album Of The Year: Group” and  ”Juno Award for Design and Artwork” this year.

Well I’ll write it all down for you
Bitter tea, bitter tune, bitter you
Well you sow what you saw what you say
Still you killed her when you came

And why, why would you kill this world my son
And why, why would leave it all for none

Why would these words have claim upon you
Put the pills in the tears in the truth
Well you sow what you sow what you say
Still you killed her when you came

And why, why would you kill this world my son
And why, why yould you leave it all for none
But the world, well is stands beneath those stars

Well I’ll write it all down for you
Bitter tea, bitter tune, bitter you
Well you sow what you sow what you say
Still you killed her when you came

And why, why would you kill this world my son
And why, why would you leave it all for none
But the world, well stands beneath your scars

Related posts:

• Elliot Brood – Second Son
• Plants and Animals – Bye Bye Bye
• Broken Social Scene – Ibi Dreams of Pavement (A Better Day)
• Wintersleep – Weighty Ghost
• K’naan – I Was Stabbed by Satan

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