There is a saying in german that goes like “Tradition is not the worshipping of the ashes but passing on the fire“ (bad translation, sorry) and thats what the song reminds me of.

@erick-gmz

3 жыл бұрын

How would the frase be in german? It's really nice

@legendoffrog3794

3 жыл бұрын

@@erick-gmz Tradition ist nicht die Anbetung der Asche, sondern die Weitergabe des Feuers.

@thombrick

3 жыл бұрын

Isn't that a quote from Jean Jaurès? Or am I mistaken?

@BennyAscent

3 жыл бұрын

The only issue with the translation is one of grammar. It'd be more proper to phrase it as "tradition is not the worshipping of the ashes but THE passing on OF the fire." Other than that, you could idiomatically correct that to say "the passing on of the torch", which would be a much more common phrase in English. Other than that, your English is better than my german! all I know in german is flugabwehrkanone and panzerkampfwagen. oh and sonderkraftfahrzeug... and gewehr. but that's mostly it.

@legendoffrog3794

3 жыл бұрын

@@thombrick I don't know to be honest :) I just know it as a saying, so you might be right with that origin

The first time I heard this song, it came up randomly in a sea shanty mix while I was blacksmithing. It cut through all the noise like a knife, and brought me to a standstill while I listened. I was surprised to find myself with a lump in my throat, thinking of all the things that have become lost to us, but might have been worth keeping. I'll never forge a knife with the speed, precision, or quality that the machinery in a factory could produce. If I need a knife, I could just BUY one, right? I could just BUY all the things I make. Am I just worshipping the ashes? Or is there something worthwhile in learning the thousand-year-old techniques? Practicing the skill my great, great grandfather did. With fire, steel, and my hands. Making my nephew his first knife for his 13'th birthday. Maybe I tend a flame that is worth tending.

@FelicityUwU

10 ай бұрын

I feel a profound amount of respect for you rn

@bethanydavis9023

9 ай бұрын

The techniques are worth passing on. Even though factories are abundant now things can go down the metaphorical drain quickly. Blacksmithing is worth keeping. It may not be profitable now a days for majority of countries but it's a good hobby to have and can help build character and patience. It's not stagnant in the traditional sense either.

@Omnicide101

9 ай бұрын

Do you enjoy the mere act of creation? Can you cherish the process? It's not a waste of time if it's an art, and it's art if you're creating something for the sake of creating something. You're an artist of steel and flame, and that's a tradition worth keeping up.

@MrRicehard

9 ай бұрын

More power to you brother. :)

@cochmanofficial1581

9 ай бұрын

To wield the skill of your forefathers is of importance great enough to truly call oneself a man

"I'll tend to the flame you can worship the ashes" is such a powerful phrase and pulls this whole piece together

Watch that old fire as it flickers and dies, That once blessed the household and lit up our lives. It shone for the friends and the clinking of glasses. I'll tend to the flame; you can worship the ashes. --- Capture the wild things and bring them in line And own what was never your right to confine. The lives and the loves and the songs are what matters. I'll tend to the flame; you can worship the ashes. --- Do you feel heavy? Your eyes drop with grief. Your spirit is wild and your suffering is brief. So never you buckle and bend to the masses. I'll tend to the flame; you can worship the ashes. --- Get round the fire with a glass of strong ale And tell us a story from beyond the pale. Bury some seeds and expect some strong branches. I'll tend to the flame; you can worship the ashes. --- Now show me a man that can meet all his needs, For what we need most now is unity's seed: A common old song for all creeds and all classes. I'll tend to the flame; you can worship the ashes. --- I'll tend to the flame... --- What will we do when the world it is ending, And time it is halted for friend and for foe? Try to hold on to the time as it passes. I'll tend to the flame; you can worship the ashes. --- I'll tend to the flame; you can worship the ashes. I'll tend to the flame; you can worship the ashes. (let me know if i got anything wrong. I just got this from their website.)

@SuttieMusic

4 жыл бұрын

Thanks for writing the lyrics out, been enjoying singing along to this one. I think it might be " A common old song for all creeds and all classes" in the 5th verse.

@nolanoliver1761

4 жыл бұрын

@@SuttieMusic thanks! I think you are right!

@thomasrinear8629

3 жыл бұрын

I think it is beynd the vale not pale?

@chosenone2048

3 жыл бұрын

If you got it from their website, I doubt you got any of it wrong

@sowhatnow7984

3 жыл бұрын

@@chosenone2048 yeah I was gonna say

i heard this at the end of The Sojourn audio book, god did it put an amazing final note on season 1

@DJTourniquet

19 күн бұрын

:Desire to know more intensifies:

@Fenrir_Firestar

19 күн бұрын

@@DJTourniquet expanse style scifi audio drama, written by the guys who run space dock, on spotify for free if you have premo, very good

Time to listen to this until ive memorized it so i can sing it while playing sea of theives

@ninjacell2999

4 жыл бұрын

Be careful, you might start singing it all the time and lose your voice as a result

@josephtheoracle3344

4 жыл бұрын

@@ninjacell2999 i sung it a work while i was justing some machinery. My coworkers are like "why the fuck is he singing shanties while working"

@josephtheoracle3344

4 жыл бұрын

Adjusting

@lightbulbhoodie3861

4 жыл бұрын

That is something I can admire

@aaronjohnson5524

4 жыл бұрын

Never related to a comment more

Listening in after wrapping up 'The Sojourn' Season One.

Idk why, but this song feels ancient in a sense. Like certain lyrics just make me think about time and whatever was lost to the past. The line "I'll tend to the flame, you can worship the ashes" makes me think of someone moving on, while someone close to them dwells on the past. Or I could be reading too much into this. That's just the vibe I feel from this song.

@Alizudo

3 жыл бұрын

It makes me think of ancient tribes, desperately tending to their fires in the wilderness. In Ancient Greece, the temples to the Gods were built housing Great Fires that were meant to burn for eternity, never dying. The priests and followers had entire holidays dedicated to feeding the fire, and animals sacrificed to the Gods were cooked in its flames.

@Taeschno_Flo

3 жыл бұрын

As the history student, this song feels like its about that. Others move on while i dwell in the past. They tend the current flames while i worship whats left of the past lights

@imperator8125

3 жыл бұрын

It seems to be speaking of the listener's awe of the speaker's life. Like he made the fire, and now the listener sees its ashes, all that remain of the glories of old.

@rmhj01

3 жыл бұрын

It's been explained that the song is a protest against those who believe shanties should only be preserved, not added upon. People who weren't even the original writers were copyrighting shanties "Capture the wild things and bring them in line, And own what was never your right to confine." so no, you're absolutely reading into it perfectly. To hell with those wanting shanties to be a thing of the past, we'll tend to the flame, they can worship the ashes.

@Crane_feather

3 жыл бұрын

@@Taeschno_Flo underrated comment. We need people like you that worship the ashes of history

Did i just accidentally find a song that I will listen too a million times in my life?

@SahFarhenheintSah

Ай бұрын

Of course yes, me too.

This song, it tells a story. One where a friend cannot move on from the past. One where they see the world moving on without them. Even so much as having a friend beg them to "be careful, don't stay for long. I'll keep my eyes on the future. You can dwell on what was." You can take it out on folks that don't deserve it. A need to control what has no right to be owned. Remember your life, you loves, your loss. I'll keep my eyes on the future. You can dwell on what was. You seem so sad, you cannot move on. So focused on the past, come join us, friend. Don't let the naysayers dog you down. But if you insist, I'll keep my eyes on the future. You can dwell on what was. Come join us, companion; grab a drink. Tell us what ails you. We can move on together, plant seeds for the future. I'll keep my eyes on the future. You still dwell on what was. Nobody has their things together, everything in line. But if we band together, we can thrive as one. A common cause for old, young, man, woman, whomever. I'll keep my eyes on the future. You dwell on what was. Come join us at the fire. At the end of all things, when chaos takes root All the anger is free, unbent, unbridled. Remember who you are, who you love. I'll keep my eyes on the future. You still dwell on what was. I have to go. Don't stay for too long, old friend.

@violent_knight69

3 жыл бұрын

Damn...

@Donagalthegamer

3 жыл бұрын

Damn, I really like this, but It's not the reading I got from it. I suppose that's what makes art, art huh? I thought this song was about moving on from traditions that have held us back, and have damaged society and the world as a whole. There's room for camaraderie and merit in remembering what was, but holding on "worshipping the ashes" is dragging people down. I suppose the real lesson here is we are all slaves to our biases Power to you tho, for your powerful words

@gkman815

3 жыл бұрын

nah

@Cow_of_Fire

3 жыл бұрын

Thank you for telling the story of the song.

@VeryBeowulf

3 жыл бұрын

My interpretation basically verbatim, Bro.

I'm going to be using this song in my DnD campaign as a last song the city and the heroes sing around a campfire the night before heading into their final battle that they may not return from.

@ryanwillmon7689

3 жыл бұрын

I already used it in my campaign for the funeral of a rebel leader

@GeeBeeOhThree

3 жыл бұрын

I use it as the theme for one of my characters (who was a pirate before I even found Longest Johns, I swear). It rules for this type of thing

@UnlimitedBlakeWorks

3 жыл бұрын

Same idea here friend, im using it to transfer from curse if strahd to eberron in a cold victory way

@aileenzhao7951

3 жыл бұрын

I based part of my backstory off of this, and I'll be damned if I don't get to sing it in campaign sometime.

@georgeofhamilton

3 жыл бұрын

"DnD" is the weirdest concept I've repeatedly encountered in the last few years.

I lost my father last tuesday. You have no idea how much this song hurts. You have no idea how much this song helps.

@fatimareyes2410

3 жыл бұрын

Oh dear, I am so sorry for your loss...I hope itll be ok in the end. Like the song says, your suffering is brief, so I'm glad you find some happiness in this song. May your father rest in peace, friend.

@maximevandeneynde7692

3 жыл бұрын

I am sorry for your loss. My condolences.

@johnr.timmers2297

3 жыл бұрын

I know the feeling. September of 2019 my world stopped turning. I was off at University. I had been texting him the night before. I spent a year waking up crying. It's honestly unbelievable it's been so long now. Time slips by and my mind has stopped watching. I'll forever ache wanting to hug my father one last time.

@thebigstonk4386

3 жыл бұрын

The song sends a powerful message. Don't dwell on your dad's death. Pass the fire so it will never snuff out

@jacob.2

3 жыл бұрын

my condolances

There's something chilling about the seemingly deliberate avoidance of perfect rhymes for 'ashes,' as if things will never be quite how they once were, or as if the part of an idea you cling to is never a perfect representation of its entirety

Hearing this at the end of The Sojourn vol. 4 just hits like a sack of bricks.

@Marcharound

6 ай бұрын

“Cass, I’ve got nothing. No other contacts on scopes. I think it’s just us.”

@Donald5557_

5 ай бұрын

Glad someone listened to there audio drama

This one reminds me of Scarborough Fair, and it is amazing! Well Done!

@krishsen2520

3 жыл бұрын

Aitor Scarborough Fair was around much longer than Simon and Garfunkel lol. They took that melody from Martin Carthy's version of the song.

@TonitrusAvem

3 жыл бұрын

YES! That is exactly what I was looking for! I knew it sounded so familiar, but I couldn't remember why. Thank you! Lol

@erick-gmz

3 жыл бұрын

Came looking for this exact comment, glad I found it.

@l_ndonmusic

3 жыл бұрын

They’re both in the Dorian mode which has the characteristics of minor but has a natural (♮) 6th degree

@hickoryham2725

3 жыл бұрын

Definitely, that’s what I was just thinking of

The phrase “I’ll tend to the flame you can worship the ashes” has so much power and meanings it’s making my head spin. Like what could that mean?

@afineegg1040

2 жыл бұрын

To me, it represents one moving on from a moment of grief, guilt, or loss. Some people can focus on the now, the living. Others can't move on, haven't stopped mourning. They worship the ashes of flames past burnt, while others tend to the living flames.

@spacemaria_

2 жыл бұрын

From the Longest Song wiki, paraphrasing Robbie: "Ashes is about how sometimes people expect folk music to have a certain role, and the fact that rather than trying to keep a phenomena (like folk music) alive, they would rather worship the ashes of it until it's dead and gone."

@matthewmulvey8860

2 жыл бұрын

To me it is a rejection of Nietzsche's death of god

@adrianxmaturu

2 жыл бұрын

Or if you're a gamer, it means to link the First Flame and become the Lord of Cinder

@willowdelosrios4326

2 жыл бұрын

From the context, I think it’s talking about either nature or the world or something like that. Essentially, saying, “I’ll be here, tending to the earth, and you can go embrace the modern world/capitalism, but ultimately, the thing you are figuratively or literally worshiping is cold and lifeless, without the heat and spark that defined it’s components. You can build a cathedral from wood and stone, but it is cold and empty, made of dead things.

"Now show me a man that can meet all his needs, For what we need most now is unity's seed: A common old song for all creeds and all classes." This is a song that I don't think anyone can dislike...

@schrottproductions8782

4 жыл бұрын

i think it's a common old song not covered old song

@Denley1526

4 жыл бұрын

@@schrottproductions8782 It's a Longest Johns original written by Robbie.

@clearmelody6252

4 жыл бұрын

So far, you are 100% correct. :)

@ShursGarden

3 жыл бұрын

8 people did, that's for sure.

@mossripalextechno6450

3 жыл бұрын

And yet those 20 people who are jealous that they didn't write it first. Edit: 10 sorry

[Verse 1] Watch that old fire as it flickers and dies, That once blessed the household and lit up our lives. It shone for the friends and the clinking of glasses. I'll tend to the flame; you can worship the ashes. [Verse 2] Capture the wild things and bring them in line And own what was never your right to confine. The lives and the loves and the songs are what matters. I'll tend to the flame; you can worship the ashes. [Verse 3] Do you feel heavy? Your eyes drop with grief. Your spirit is wild and your suffering is brief. So never you buckle and bend to the masses. I'll tend to the flame; you can worship the ashes. [Verse 4] Get round the fire with a glass of strong ale And tell us a story from beyond the pale. Bury some seeds and expect some strong branches. I'll tend to the flame; you can worship the ashes. [Verse 5] Now show me a man that can meet all his needs, For what we need most now is unity's seed: A common old song for all creeds and all classes. I'll tend to the flame; you can worship the ashes. I'll tend to the flame... [Verse 6] What will we do when the world it is ending, And time it is halted for friend and for foe? Try to hold on to the time as it passes. I'll tend to the flame; you can worship the ashes. [Verse 7] I'll tend to the flame; you can worship the ashes. I'll tend to the flame; you can worship the ashes.

Fair Winds

@sfs2040

11 ай бұрын

Fair winds!

@sophisthemlock246

4 ай бұрын

Fair winds

Wrote out the chords for this one, capo on fourth fret to play along with the video. The D shape that is used is x5403x, to get the nice add4 sound from the video Am G Am Watch that old fire as it flickers and dies, C D That once blessed the household and lit up our lives. C D Am G It shone for the friends and the clinking of glasses. Am G Am I'll tend to the flame; you can worship the ashes. The rest of the verses are the same, and the little section after the fifth verse goes Fmaj7 E I'll tend to the flame... Happy playing!

@rae978

4 жыл бұрын

YOU ARE MY GOD, TYSM 😭😭😭

@Kaadilac

4 жыл бұрын

PRAISE

@kipjohnson

4 жыл бұрын

@@joshpatterson9844 Hah, cheers mate!

@bulletslime5704

4 жыл бұрын

cheers

@natacha2797

4 жыл бұрын

Thank you so much, you're the best!

just dropping in to say that this song affected me so much that i'm now 40k+ words into a fic with the refrain as the title. no regrets. even after 9 months of writing, it still fits.

I do love this song, If the interview I read is true then (paraphrased from the Wiki) this song hits all the notes it was supposed to. "About the inspiration of the song, paraphrasing Robbie: Ashes is about how sometimes people expect folk music to have a certain role, and the fact that rather than trying to keep a phenomena (like folk music) alive, they would rather worship the ashes of it until it's dead and gone."

This song brought me and my freinds together so, so, long ago. I come back to it in my time of need, i know it will not bring back those we lost and those that left, but still i hope. As we grew some of us stayed, but there is fewer of us then there was. Im 19 now, soon to be 20, now part of the military as an e3. On the nights after work i remember the agreement to always stay in touch. I remember the agreements to keep living no mater how tough life gets, as we will allways stand stronger together. There was 17 of us, now we are four, we lost some to depression, and other's to disease's that cant be cured. Some left for college or work and never returned for various reasons. I know life has been harsh on me and my group in or still breathing lives, but i also know that life has been gracious in our short time on this planet as well. I have yet to spread the metiphorical ashes of my fallen and lost friends. But just now that if any of you see this that i wish you all the best and when next we meet, drinks are on me, same place, same time

This has a Dark souls vibe, just the whole tending to flame and worshipping of ashes, it really just makes me think of Dark Souls

@Andrew-oq4oh

4 жыл бұрын

Thought the same thing

@WarMonger_the-One-and-Only

4 жыл бұрын

"When the Ashes are two, a Flame alighteth." "Thou art Ash, and Fire befits thee, o'course."

@zachbishop5252

4 жыл бұрын

My thoughts as well! Very dark souls 3ish especially.

@starrr2063

4 жыл бұрын

I dont even really play dark souls and I'm getting the dark souls vibe from it

@gohandonnelly7993

3 жыл бұрын

@@WarMonger_the-One-and-Only long may the sun shine upon these lords of cinders

Fair winds, _Avalon._ Fair winds, _Shabayev._ o7

@AgreeableSmile

5 ай бұрын

Fair Winds

@sophisthemlock246

4 ай бұрын

Fair winds

Came back for this song because of the Sojourn audio drama

@sophisthemlock246

4 ай бұрын

Fair winds!

@DycuswasHere

4 ай бұрын

Fair winds

I think I might have found my new favorite song for this year

Man. I’d love an official interpretation of this, but the sheer diversity in interpretations is so cool. My own interpretation is that this is about a man who keeps a safe place for me those who need it, like a bar. He tends to the flame, the source of comfort, while those who warm themselves by it carry the memory of it with them in the ashes of their own fire, forgetting the man who lit it and kept it burning. But he does not mind, he merely lights it anew when the next weary traveler comes to seek shelter. A simple man, who only seeks to warm the lives of others even if his own life will be forgotten.

@ViktoriousDead

Жыл бұрын

This song to me means more of the dying of western civilization. As we’ve built and advanced from the bronze ages statues, to mythical heroes, to the degeneracy of the modern age, where Marshall men and means are dying out and being replaced by the bug like existence of the eastern cultures. Worshipping the ashes of those that came before, but a small few must tend to the flame of the west, while the majority worships the ashes

@masonpreston3594

11 ай бұрын

I think hes a bouty hunter and hes being hunted

I love this medieval fantasy vibe I get. I wish the Longest Johns had more songs like this one.

I played a Half-Elven bard from Ardeep Forest (Forgotten Realms) in my last D&D campaign. It's the kind of place that looks at half-elves as humans, and as humans as only slightly better than vermin. He joined up with a Sun Elven ranger who had come to hate the decadence and superiority of her folk (despite being high-born herself), a Druid who truly took up the mantle of "the purity of the wilds comes before all else" and a red-scaled dragonborn with a passion for firestorms. The big bad: the resurrecting god Bane (yes, that Bane) and Szass Tam (yes that Szass Tam). Together. Our greatest ally? The now-dead Khelben Arunsun (yes, that Khelben Arunsun); the final-battle point-of-no-return was a day of time stop as a final gift before the last shard of Khelben's clinging soul faded from the world. If I didn't know for a fact that noone in the group but I had ever heard this song before, I'd have sworn it was intentional. Instead, my bard "composed" this song as a nod to the "gods among men a humble bard was lucky enough to count as friends."

Man coming back to this song after losing both my parents recently really gives me an new view on this song. I've been the flame all this time which my mother and father were tending and making memories with to so I can grow strong and unbreakable with nothing stopping me to be who I want to be, while the ashes are now my parents that I "worship" with my life for as long as I keep living. Most likely not how this song is looked on but for me it still brings me comfort to listen to this song.

@nyxs60

Жыл бұрын

That’s utterly beautiful, I’m so sorry for your loss - I think your interpretation of this song is perfect.

Listening to this album on shuffle is such a mood whiplash. I went from Hoist Up the Things to Fire and Flame to Got No Beard to this.

@crowcorvus2215

2 жыл бұрын

theres a playlist that i listen to that has "bones in the ocean" immediately followed by "retirement song" so OOF i feel you here.

@MotoHikes

2 жыл бұрын

The album itself is structured Happy-Melancholy-Happy etc. It's honestly the best structured album of all time (in my opinion, of course)

The masculine urge to sit around a fire with your lads and sing this is real

My uncle died when I was eight, and this song reminds me of him every single time I hear it. Thank you.

I am glad my gf tuned me into this band. This song has quickly become one of my favorites. Never you buckle and bend to the masses, I'll tend to the flame, you can worship the ashes...

In a brief recap of what this song is about, the lead singer of the longest Johns said the song is about how people would rather let folk music and other genres die rather than revive it, but they are trying to keep it going, henceforth “I’ll tend to the flames, you can worship the ashes.”

@l_ndonmusic

3 жыл бұрын

Where did you hear that? Did they have an interview with someone?

@sambush6723

3 жыл бұрын

@@l_ndonmusic Indeed they did

I'm definitely guilty of putting this song on loop for hours on end

This is my favorite campfire song, it puts everyone into an ancient or primal mood, I'm not sure how to describe it.

@Wormz-nc8pu

5 ай бұрын

But… it’s not a campfire song… it’s a sea shanty…like to sing on boats

@imnotabeetleiswear6549

5 ай бұрын

@@Wormz-nc8pu Any song can be a campfire song, you just need to sing it around a campfire.

Truly animation worthy songs The amount of animatics I’ve seen with Health to the Company and Ashes is immaculate Truly beautiful songs

today this song took on a whole new meaning for me. I've listened to this song many times since you boys posted it but it is only since the reality of losing both my grandfather to cancer and my brother possibly developing an extremely deadly, painful and insanely rare disease (got the news yesterday) has the meaning of the lyrics changed. Thank you TLJ for posting this as I believe this will help me during my time of mourning. Update (6/3/23): Well I'm back again. This time with a double whammy. My great grandmother died a few hours ago on the same day my other beloved grandfather got diagnosed with stage 4 lung cancer. I'll likely also listen to this when he passes away within the next year (we don't know how long he likely has left). Thank you again TLJ for this song. Just like the rest of your music, it's the only thing currently helping me through these difficult times. Maybe one day this song, alongside a few others I listen to of yours, will be the last music to accompany me to the grave (if allowed to of course). Thank you.

Praise be to Advar

@sophisthemlock246

4 ай бұрын

Praise be to Advar!

Play this at my funeral

I came here for the shanties and didn't expect my heart to shed a tear of ice, melted by timeless wisdom. Thank you for tending the flame and spreading it's warmth. This song would be so powerful as a community project, just saying... ;)

I listened to this and was brought to mind of the native fire keepers maintaining the traditions and lore, a living, growing lore, of stewardship and life in harmony with the planet. While other cultures strip the planet, turning it to ashes and then worshiping the dead things they had managed to hoard. I enjoyed later finding out the songwriter's intent as well. But a song's first impression is usually the one that stays with you.

The start reminds me of The Snow It Melts The Soonest. In this one Andy's voice was also hauntingly beautiful. Fantastic song, congrasts to Robbie for writing this. You have made a masterpiece here :)

How does this one not have the most views? It transcends shanty. it's just an amazing song. When I listen I imagine anything between medieval/fantasy settings and even post apocalyptic. Truly timeless.

This makes me dream of a world where dragons and fae and all things mystical exist; where I can dance among them in their faerie rings and their halls of majesty. Or sitting around a bonfire with my companions, resting from our long journey home. Staring up at the sky, into that dark abyss glittered with drops of silver. Dreaming of magic and wonder. Tending to the flame of our lives and our purpose.

This song is absolutely amazing! It's giving me major goosebumps. Andy's voice withe those lyrics and the instruments perfectly supporting them.... just brilliant!

This song is going to be the 2020 ending credits.

@neurohexis2819

3 жыл бұрын

I didn’t see them

@johnr.timmers2297

3 жыл бұрын

Can confirm, it totally fits

@realmechanicalstorm

3 жыл бұрын

Yup that checked out

@elicarlson7682

2 жыл бұрын

no I think 2021

@loslingos1232

2 жыл бұрын

I have a world ending credits playlist if you are interested. I just added this song. kzread.info/head/PL07xM39JX8Gtxyl-BLOXSTuMLAgM6DufM

this band has really gotten me through quarantine, idk their music just makes me so happy

Fast becoming one of my favourites.

This song fits Ashes of Creation super well, and could legitimately be used as a trailer for the game to show what it is. The start of the song, when it's rather quite and melancholy, would start with a slow zoom out of a recently destroyed Node. We get some pan shots of the different destroyed buildings, including the tavern, with some people poking about the rubble. When they sing "capture the wild things and bring them in line", we would see a few members of the already-low numbered city going out and taming/hunting animals for node progression and gold. This goes back and forth between the city and PvE content; we get to see the different quests with slowly increasing members doing increasingly difficult tasks, and get to watch how the city grows the more work they do. Right before the song gets quiet again, and the song hits it's loudest and most invigorating point, is when we see the city being roused to go get revenge on the node that destroyed them (which could be hidden in the background of some scenes, as a reminder of their motivation). They march off with banners raised, and when night falls with the node on fire/destroyed, the song gets quiet and we see a different character in the tavern. He's singing the song, and notices our main characters celebrating their victory. He folds his game, walks up to the main character, and before the song ends, we see the enemy's insignia somewhere on his person, and cut to black, leaving the audience wondering why it ended there.

My interpretation: The love, and care I put into my son does go SOMEWHERE. All the stories, all the bath times, all the love I put into him makes him the man he will be. I'm tending his flame, so he can be the kind of person the world needs. It's never been easy, but always been more than worth it~

I have loved this song for a long time now, but I just gained a whole new appreciation for this song because of my GF. I was having a really bad day at work and made a poem that I sent to her. She really liked it and could feel my pain through reading it. She then sent me a whole bunch of videos saying what the lyrics in this song are: you're suffering is brief, you're strong and can get through this, don't let other people bring you down, your past relationships don't define who you are, you are important to me, and I will be there for you. I added this song to the playlist in making for her. This song helped me both creatively and mentally, and I can't thank you guys enough for making such a beautiful song that has so many beautiful messages in it.

I think Ashes is the most beautiful one of your original songs. Makes my heart all ache-y.

the song is unreal, like, every time I listen to it it gives me shivers. You guys are so incredibly talented and I hope we have many more years of music. :)

1300+ likes and ZERO dislikes. Unusual, but so is the rendition! A beautiful song!

@Kaadilac

4 жыл бұрын

Now it has one dislike :(

@birb125

3 жыл бұрын

Now it has three

chills bro, literary chills man

I´m not a native speaker and just realised what this song is about. WOW! This song is so powerfull and I can only thank you for letting me hear this masterpiece of Art. Please keep up the good work that I and your other fans love.

As I'm typing this comment I'm holding back tears my life is completely screwed up right now I need more money than I have to get ready for this move but it seems at every turn I'm haulted by something I feel bad cause I can't even provide for my loved ones cause everyone around constantly either steals from me or the cops are knocking at my door idk what to do but I must press forward and carry on

Some how geting dark souls vibs from this song. Love it Great work

Love how it has the melody of Scarborough fair

I'm here after rewatching Coco multiple times. The line "The lives and the loves and the songs are what matters" says it all.

Would love to see them singing this around a campfire

I love this song, I love how intense it is, I love that it was written as a counter to people who try to keep new people and things out of the folk and shanty community. It's "Your spirit is wild and your suffering is brief" that makes me start crying each time though. The reminder that we are able to be so much and here for so little time... Something about it talks directly to the part of me still grieving my dad in a way that very few things have.

So uh I was inspired to write something. Sorry that its long and not very good. Anyway enjoy. It's late at night. The war has been finally won but its cost was too high. I could only stand by and watch, acting out my role as dictated. Tending the last fire, soon to be put out. The end has come for them. I never had the intention to kill anyone, all I wanted them to do was to enjoy the world I had built. And they had! Laughter and love flowing throughout their adventure, tears shed like a cicadas shell early summers eve and friendships that grew no matter the circumstance. Their garden flourished and they had made it that way without help, planting their seed in the very soil I created for them! I remember when they all were children, stumbling and rolling low, cheering loudly when they defeated an enemy I had deemed deadly only to ask for more. I was so proud of them, like a father watching his son fish or a mother watching her daughter dance. These adventurers were my most precious objects, I held so much love and care for them in my heart that it began to hurt. I watched these favored adventurers closely, gifting them presents and other companions so their world felt more alive. There is no amount of words I could string together that could express my love and admiration for these adventurers! I did everything for them, let them run freely, and cared for them when they needed it. Unfortunately, I could only watch from afar, only joining when it seemed appropriate and experiencing things by secondhand but I didn't mind for they loved this world I had built. They have fought valiantly and I could never be prouder but this world only exists in brief periods. A fire only burns for a short while. When they had won, I was so happy. All their hard work finally paid off but what next? The BBEG had been defeated, the kingdom freed, friends saved and lovers died. Was this enough for them? Had I created a world that would stay with them for the rest of their lives? Will they stay by my side and enjoy my fire again? Alas its never enough, they want more. I tried to satisfy the hungry beasts but it is never enough, their hunger too great to satiate. I have tried to change my fire, introducing bright colors and enticing effects but alas they grew used to it. They have tasted what I had to offer, drank my ale, and basked in the warmth of my fire but it's not enough. Most have left now in order to search for other exciting fire, and in this search, they have abandoned my fire, never to return. Some take the ashes with them, in order to remember my company and others have spit on the very ashes they have created. It always hurts to see them leave but I have hope that they return to my fire. This fire that I have tended to for years, cultivated and protected no matter what happened. The very same fire that they have tossed away, whether it be of frustration or just plain boredom. I've tried tending to their garden, fertilizing the soil and harvesting the fruit but the plants have contracted a rot, overgrowing with weeds and festering with diseased riddled bugs. The garden has been abandoned, it is too late to try to save it. I have slaved over this garden, tended the pyre, done everything for these adventurers but it is never enough. These adventurers...no...these players who have gathered in my home, drank from my goblet, enjoyed my world and relaxed in my fire have disowned me, leaving me behind as they search for another fire. Such is the vicious cycle of life and so I await in my cabin, tending my whittling fire in hopes another will join me, to worship the ashes that have grown. I harbor no hatred towards the ones that leave, smiling softly as they leave my fire, holding hope that they may come back. I harbor only grief at the memories that remain in my ashes. God if only I may hear the laughter filling the silence again, to have my fire rise once again in a great spectacle as the goblets never dry. I may be the god of this world but I am at their mercy.

@andythepanhead

3 жыл бұрын

That was beautiful

@spoonsnjellobro123

3 жыл бұрын

Very well written thank you for putting your time into it 💕

@lievenmaselis9332

3 жыл бұрын

maybe its best to split up the text a little in reading blocks. Right now its just one big block of words and it doesnt read well..

@hotcrossbuns6585

3 жыл бұрын

The story of the dungeon master

I listen to this when I’m sad I’m having a pretty bad morning today so I’m here

Every time i listen to this song i cant help but want to play Dark Souls 3 once again.

So… any Sojourn fans here? If so... fair winds, ya'll :)

@sophisthemlock246

4 ай бұрын

Fair winds

I love this.

This is absolutely haunting and I love it.

This song is dark souls in a nutshell.

Who else came here because of the sojourn?

Beautiful. Ordered the album and a tankard to get the full experience.

@thelongestjohns

4 жыл бұрын

Many many thanks :)

Favorite one of the album, absolutely marvelous and I’ll listen to it till I’m either deaf or dead, simply no words...

Wow...beautiful folk music.....acoustic...lyrics.......pure ancestral magic.......why do we have to complicate things..........music for the soul! Remembering old days with nostalgia as what will come...let us never forget what as passed! War, plague, famine tis a cycle!

Another sent here from the ending of The Sojourn. Fair winds!

theirs something about this song i love, its mournful yet uplifting at the same time and i cant stop listening to it

A couple years later and this might just be the best song ever written. Yeah.

i am listening this right now while crying,i dont know what,but this song really touches something really deep,in my soul,thank you for it,i shall remember this song and show it to my friends here on brazil

I really love all the different interpretations of these lyrics flying around in the comments. To me, it's a song about religiosity a lot more directly. (Christianity specifically, because I view things from that angle, but probably it transfers to other traditions as well.) I think it works really well as an anti-orthodoxy song, about how we've missed the original point of the wild, untamed idea of faith, and the stories that was supposed to enliven the soul have become legal texts.

Shivers all the way down the spine

Oh man, that was beautiful. New to your music, and even this genre, but I'm definitely a fan!

@thelongestjohns

2 жыл бұрын

Welcome! :)

@g0ttal0veme26

2 жыл бұрын

@@thelongestjohns Thank you! 😊 Excited to keep enjoying your music!

This song gave me a good backstory for a character I just created while listening to this once a strong kingdom fell into ruin with only a single royal still alive

I used this when my first dnd character died she was a half drow a mother a hero so much she often got told by others she had a fire in her soul a spark in her eyes I’ll always love her

Every so often a song comes along that give me goose bumps. This is one of those songs. I don't know which of the Johns wrote this masterpiece, or if it's just an old shanty, but it's beautiful Edit: It's original. Holy Shit Robbie is incredible.

I was on a bus, traveling to my hometown. I was kicked out of my dream carreer and my sweet little dog just died. I remember playing this song of repeat for days, just to cope with the pain. I love this band, and it keept me from falling onto some very dark places.

This song hits my heart

I just thought, this song reminds me of roll Northumbria, its got that slow but hard hitting tune

@rae978

4 жыл бұрын

Completely agree!!!

@josephtheoracle3344

4 жыл бұрын

Love that song

Instantly my favorite song of theirs. Lyrics fantastic, melody fantastic, just chill inducing. Great work!

It's a fitting song for my relationship that was in flames, and is now nothing more than Ashes. My love was thrown away by a childhood friend, and one who had loved me for the same time. But now she regrets her choice of leaving. I worship my flame while ashes come down on my shoulders, smoldering. She only has the ashes that she created.

This became a new favorite of mine. One I want to share with my fellow Sky Pirates as we fly our planes.

yo why do i get a hardcore pippin vibe from lotr when he was singing to the "king" of gondor from this song

Just such a nice piece of music... Beautiful simple themes Amazing vocals and guitar! Cant get enough of this track!

What will we do when the world it is ending? And time it is halted for friend and for foe? Try to hold on to the time as it passes... I'll tend to the flame, you can worship the ashes... Anyone else feel this really hard when reflected against the current age of oncoming climate disaster? It hits me RIGHT in the "we had over 100 years to do something about it and we didn't"

This is a song for Thorin Oakenshield.

I just thought about how good this might sound on the harp

@cyqry

3 жыл бұрын

Please do this! I think we'd all love to hear it!

This song just really makes me think of the game Frostpunk. My brain has even made a little animation to go along with it.

I just LOVE your music.🤩❤. I will LOVE to see U LIVE in my homeland, Denmark. Right now I'm listen to: Ashes, Here A Health to the Compagny, Barrett's Privateers etc.

i am absolutely in love with like every single song by the longest johns, i especially love the deep harmonization in this one!! :0