Name: Part of it All
Duration: P00H03M56S
Description: This song was inspired by a conversation I had with my friend Zoob while gazing out at the Allegheny River in Pittsburgh's Lawrenceville. The wall we stood on was once a part of the city's great steel industry, but the river is slowly reclaiming the shoreline, transforming the concrete and steel back to their natural state.

Part of it All

from Home Sessions by Guy Russo

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This song was inspired by a conversation I had with my friend Zoob while gazing out at the Allegheny River in Pittsburgh's Lawrenceville. The wall we stood on was once a part of the city's great steel industry, but the river is slowly reclaiming the shoreline, transforming the concrete and steel back to their natural state.

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Our grandfathers lost their hearing
under perma-grey skies of their own making
They never saw past feeding their sons and their daughters

A few generations transformed and conquered
a world that knew freedom for so many centuries
Industry breaks down, erodes just like rocks on the shore

Chorus:
Carry me home, dark water
Make me a part of it all
Fill me with child-like wonder
as you reclaim this wall we stand upon

There's ghosts in these ancient ruins
They appear to be watching what we are doing
Just like their coal and steel
they melt into the sea

Could they have foreseen the end of production,
where the great rivers force their redemption,
and the bright sun comes back home to turn everything green?

Chorus

How did we ever confuse
the disguise we imposed on our home for control?
We're at the mercy of
the wind and water and sun

Now it's absurd and silly
to think: I believed I owned my own body
Industry, just like me
wastes away into the sea
How

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from Home Sessions, released March 25, 2014

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Guy Russo Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania

Guy Russo, formerly one half of the duo Broken Fences, is a bearded lad who has been writing, recording, and touring out of Pittsburgh, PA for the better part of his adulthood. Those who crave a fresh and philosophical take on the soul-quenching lyricism that drives modern folk music are welcome to join this piano-tuner-by-day’s community, order a rye whiskey, and stick around to tap a toe or two. ... more

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