The Bear Song

from Whole Sun by PigPen Theatre Co.

	/

Buy the Full Digital Album

lyrics

Well I stared at a bear
Listening close, nose up to the evening
“Won’t you share your thoughts with me
Oh the thoughts you seem to thinking”

He said “I dream I dream I dream
That the leaves the leaves the leaves
They don’t ever stop their changing, no,
Changing for me

But it seems it seems it seems
That the trees the trees the trees
they don’t ever stop their changing, no,
changing their leaves

But when they die
I won’t leave this world unknown
When they die
I won’t leave this world unknown”

“I could teach you” I said
“All the ways to live with them forever”
“Don’t you coddle me boy, oh I know
All too well how to remember”

He said “I dream I dream I dream
That the leaves the leaves the leaves
They don’t ever stop their changing, no,
Changing for me

But it seems it seems it seems
That the trees the trees the trees
they don’t ever stop their changing, no,
changing their leaves

But when they die
I won’t leave this world unknown
When the die
I won’t leave this world unknown”

Tell me, have you seen
Love dry, love cease to grow (X3)

I’ve caught fish so I know
The sound it makes when you let them go
It’s the worst sound that I’ve ever known

Then came the snow
And the ice
Over the water
Over the water
Over my water

credits

from Whole Sun, released July 7, 2015
Featuring Lee Harrington on Flute

license

about

PigPen Theatre Co. New York, New York

PigPen Theatre Co. met as freshman at the Carnegie Mellon School of Drama in 2007. Their debut LP, “Bremen”, was named #10 album of the year in The Huffington Post’s 2012 Grammy preview. Their follow up EP, “The Way I’m Running”, was premiered by American Songwriter and released on Oct. 8th, 2013. Their sophomore album. "Whole Sun", was released July 7th, 2015. They're cool. Pinky promise. ... more

contact / help

Contact PigPen Theatre Co.

Streaming and
Download help

Redeem code

Report this track or account

If you like PigPen Theatre Co., you may also like:

Burns Bright
by Photo Ops

Introspective pop songs with transcendent melodies offer a joyful meditation on staying present in a world that often moves too fast. Bandcamp New & Notable Mar 16, 2023
go to album
Boreas
by The Oh Hellos

The Texan sibling indie-folk duo is back with a new album that is filled with sweeping, cinematic tracks. Bandcamp New & Notable Sep 4, 2020
go to album
Will I Still Bloom?
by Half Dream

Heartland indie rock that’s like Angel Olsen at her fuzziest fronting a gnarlier Mazzy Star. Bandcamp New & Notable Oct 5, 2023
go to album
Write The Soil Lighter
by Mother Juniper

“Write The Soil Lighter” is full of beguilingly mysterious folk-adjacent music, shrouded in shadow and atmospherics. Bandcamp New & Notable Apr 30, 2023
go to album
Would the Light Hold Me
by Oceanique

Celtic-inspired instrumentation, delicate harmonies, and reflective lyrics abound on the sisterly indie-folk duo's debut album. Bandcamp New & Notable Apr 26, 2023
go to album
The Same Mistakes
by Hot Left Pole

Soft-as-a-whisper folk music, with spiderwebs of guitar and vocal melodies as comforting as a lullaby. Bandcamp New & Notable Feb 26, 2023
go to album
Dry Bones Dance (2021 Remaster)
by Mark Heard

A 1990 folk-rock triumph gets an overdue reissue, with trenchant lyrics paired with rich Americana arrangements. Bandcamp New & Notable May 28, 2022
go to album