PJ Harvey - Bitter Branches Lyrics
Bitter branches
spreading out.
There's none more bitter
than the wood.
it grows,
twisting under
soldier's feet,
standing in line
and the damp earth underneath.
Holding up their rifles
high,
holding their young wives
Hold up the clear glass
to look and see
soldiers standing
and the roots twist underneath.
Their young wives with white hands
wave goodbye.
Their arms as bitter branches
spreading into the world.
Wave goodbye,
Wave goodbye..
Other Lyrics by Artist
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- PJ Harvey - Silence
- PJ Harvey - To Talk To You
- PJ Harvey - The Piano
- PJ Harvey - Before Departure
- PJ Harvey - The Mountain
- PJ Harvey - Black Hearted Love
- PJ Harvey - Sixteen, Fifteen, Fourteen
- PJ Harvey - Leaving California
- PJ Harvey - The Chair
- PJ Harvey - April
- PJ Harvey - A Woman A Man Walked By / The Crow Knows Where All The Little Children Go
- PJ Harvey - The Soldier
- PJ Harvey - Pig Will Not
- PJ Harvey - Passionless, Pointless
- PJ Harvey - Cracks In The Canvas
- PJ Harvey - Broken Harp
- PJ Harvey - White Chalk
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- Casualties, The - Without Warning
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PJ Harvey Bitter Branches Comments
this is a punk song
Bitter branches
Spreading out
There's none more bitter
Than the wood
Into the white world
It grows
Twisting under
Soldier's feet
Standing in line
And the damp earth underneath
Holding up their rifles high
Holding their young wives
Who wave goodbye
Hold up the clear glass
To look and see
Soldiers standing
And the roots twist underneath
Their young wives with white hands
Wave goodbye
Their arms as bitter branches
Spreading into the world
Wave goodbye
Wave goodbye
Wave goodbye...
2:42... hehe under the Marylebone flyover
Brilliant video. Love the subtexts and the approach with the lyrics
Yes, the old ones are the good ones!
Quality songwriting
Be a really big fan of you
Don´t understand why people think this song criticizes the USA. There is no reference to the USA in the video images or the lyrics, at all. England yes. England´s colonialism maybe.
@mjaxdes A. We colonized our entire fucking country. Also, Puerto Rico.. and Hawaii. B. What the fuck does this song have to do with America in the first fucking place? Also, no, dear, taking over the whole world would not have been easy for the US at the end of WW2. That would have required fighting russia, Canada, Australia, the whole of south america, asia, and Africa. You are a naive and ignorant young fool.
+Josh Porter Don´t understand why people think this song criticizes the USA. There is no reference to the USA in the video images or the lyrics, at all. England yes. England´s colonialism maybe.
This song is too good to play on a device that connects to the internet. But I did anyway. I do what I want.
+StephenAndrew777 You are a poet, sir.
@mediastarguest Haha, whatever that comment was, I can write a lot better than that.
Take it back! D:
I really love this song. You need to listen to it like 15+ times before you can leave for another song.
+zincink so so so true
2 years later 16 times, Love PJ, shes so Amazingly Fabulous
What gets me is that the USA who are often called colonists and imperialists -- we never colonized any foreign piece of soil. Ok we protected the Phillipines and Guam and all that but we gave back all of Europe to them and paid for it! The US could have easily taken over the world at the exit of WW2 but we just wanted to mind our business and get back to having a car in the driveway and Thanks Giving dinner. Where was I? PJ don't hate US
Hawaii? Cuba? Philliphines? Portorico?
Imperialism doesn't imply having colonies. It also includes using military, covert intelligence, and financial manipulations to control other countries. Few empires have done as much of this as the U.S.
Yeah the mob is also "protecting" joints and places. Wake up men.
No offense but everywhere the us went that wasnt europe, death and destruction followed
guess she hates America.. although 80% percent of the money PJ made was from Americans.. no problem LOVE YOU PJ!
EXCELLENT !
@robokopo i kind of agree, filler track on an awesome album, Pj's voice holds it together -and this stunning video
@robokopo Agreed, aside the instrumentation.
@robokopo I believe you mean that in your opinion this is passee. Pointing that fact we're not talking about shoes, guess what, to me this is so far the best album of 2011
@EmitFlestiKY English is not my mother tongue, so I can make mistakes. Is English your mother tongue? And if, do you speak any other language? Don't you make mistakes in it? And do you maintain that only native englisch speaker can utter their opinion? What is more, I can express my opinion even I am not musician. This instrumentation is nothing! It is shit! Completely used and abused!
The main value of this song is the voice of PJ Harvey, the instrumentalization however is completely passée...
Come to Ireland and write a song about our Bitter Branches for our grandfathers that were sent to the TRENCHES by force,,,,,, FANTASTIC yet again
Bitter branches
spreading out
Into the wide world,
PJ Harvey´s music grows,,,, :D