The Oh Hellos - Hieroglyphs (Lyrics)

Lyrics:
stamping your heels along with the drum
praying the serpent's underneath one of 'em
like there's some villain left to defeat
instead of a dance with a rhythm and beat
‘cause you've been too busy thinking ahead
of where we're all going after we're dead
to maybe consider our bodies are worth
more than the dust that we can return
to the ground again
we turn that old wheel round again
well, even the great celestial hieroglyphs
are bodies of dust illuminated, and if
the heavens can be both sacred and dust
oh, maybe so can the rest of us
‘cause I've seen the line of ocean and shore
the tumbling tide of water and soil
and I've seen the day's fading begin
the gradient wake of the sun that spins
around again
it'll burn that old wheel down in the end

[@icantthinkofagoodname7992]

“If the heavens can be both sacred and dust, oh, maybe so can the rest of us” is something I’ve thought about nearly daily every since hearing this song for the first time

[@remyblemy]

Super super grateful for this. I'm just mainly disappointed on how underrated The Oh Hellos are.

[@thesaroscycle_archive]

“The gradient wake of the sun that spins around again” idk why this line just hits so hard… but it does. Masterpiece of a song. Best one by the Oh Hellos, one of my all time favorites.

[@plastic_bag677]

such an underrated song-

[@AAerumnous]

Agreed. Also just an underrated band in general

[@hi-lj8uu]

indeed. very much indeed.

[@timefliesaway999]

@@AAerumnous yeah

[@tunasalad9693]

aha, this one brings me joy. time to listen to it about 100 times.

[@spade471]

Finally found the type of music that I've been searching for ages.

[@mayo.onbread]

This song sounds so much like hope-

[@FerniForest]

You bet mate

[@Dragon_Mawce]

My god, this song makes me feel emotions I can’t even begin to describe.

[@lowercase_ash]

thanks for making these

[@toasty9769]

:)

[@김수민-k9n]

이 밴드 노래 중에서 들으면 가슴이 벅차오르는 곡임. 너무 좋아ㅠㅠ 새 앨범 하나 나왔음 좋겟다

[@misseli1]

These are absolutely beautiful!

[@panflute3326]

Omg thanks for making this!! This song is so underrated fr it's so goooddd

[@williamglenn777]

This song is really catchy. It always gets stuck in my head. Hieroglyphs is the perfect name for it! If this song speaks to you, check out Alefbet’s Desert Wanderings. It has a different message but a similar theme.

[@figaeroth]

wiggles

[@thesaroscycle_archive]

0:05 1:19 1:38

[@weird3mma983]

You god

[@toasty9769]

we should be thanking The Oh Hellos for their phenomenal music

[@weird3mma983]

True that

[@ravenhack6053]

I doubt you have the rights to this song, but I love this song, and I hope more people find it.

[@honeycomb690]

Does this song make anyone else feel like a shapeshifter running through the wild or is that just me?

[@Sarah-by3fb]

:D