One Foot Before the Other by Frank Turner
One Foot Before the Other by Frank Turner

One Foot Before the Other

Frank Turner * Track #7 On England Keep My Bones

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One Foot Before the Other by Frank Turner

Release Date
Mon Jun 06 2011
Performed by
Frank Turner
Produced by
Tristan Ivemy
Writed by
Frank Turner
About

This song, which, musically, is one of the heavier songs on England Keep My Bones and a throwback to Frank’s hardcore days with Million Dead.

Lyrically, it references the cyclical nature of life and death: even after Frank’s death, he will remain, because the atoms that made him will be redistribut...

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One Foot Before the Other Lyrics

[Verse 1]
On the very day I die, the very last of my desires
Is that you take my broken body and commit it to the fire
And then when the fire is finished, scrape the ashes in a tin
Take them down to London's drinking reservoirs and throw them in

And then specks infinitesimal of my mortal remains
Will slide down seven million throats and into seven million veins
And I will creep through their capillaries to the marrow of their bones
And they will wake to bright new mornings and then wordlessly they'll know

[Chorus]
That I remain
I am remembered
I remain
I am remembered

[Verse 2]
So these seven million innocents, they will have me in their blood
And when they die, they'll burn their bodies or be buried in the mud
And I will spread through streams and rivers like a virus through a host
From the hamlets to the cities, from the rivers to the coast

And from there into the Channel across the great Atlantic Ocean
And ever onwards to the new world, through the water's gentle motions
Until parts of me are part of every land mass, every sea
In the rain, upon your crops, and in the very air you breathe

[Chorus]
I remain
I am remembered
I remain
I am remembered
I remain
And all the things I love will be washed away in the rain
I remain

[Bridge]
I'm not convinced of the existence of these things that don't exist
Yeah, by Jewish boys with big ideas and scratches on their wrist
By a loving or a vengeful God, or one who condescends
Who'll wash his hands down in the mire among the misery of men
Or by ever turning circles hanging timeless in the sky
Like a dream catcher distracting from the fact you're gonna die

But I place one foot before the other, confident because
I know that everything we are right now is everything that was
That Wat Tyler, Woody Guthrie, Dostoevsky and Davy Jones
Are all dissolved into the ether and have crept into my bones
And all the cells in all the lines upon the backs of both my hands
Were once carved into the details of two feet upon the sand, so

[Outro: Chorus]
We remain
We are remembered
We remain
We are remembered
We remain
And all the things we love will be washed away in the rain
We remain

One Foot Before the Other Q&A

Who wrote One Foot Before the Other's ?

One Foot Before the Other was written by Frank Turner.

Who produced One Foot Before the Other's ?

One Foot Before the Other was produced by Tristan Ivemy.

When did Frank Turner release One Foot Before the Other?

Frank Turner released One Foot Before the Other on Mon Jun 06 2011.

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