In "Northern Weeds," Sam Barber faces a relationship hollowed out to an empty house where even the screaming walls feel like company. The partner picks apart his heavy bones, slams doors to stunt his growth, and burns down what they shared, leaving nothing to sustain either of them. The image of being cut down like northern weeds captures how thoroughly love has been uprooted and discarded. He watches brighter days promised to the other but never offered to him, stranded in a nameless, empty scene.
Northern Weeds Lyrics by Sam Barber
Holdin’ out just like we used to
But I may never be enough
The dead end lines are leading often
And I’ve wore a cleaner tongue
Holding on to nothing in this empty house
The screaming walls are something when there’s nothing else
Rest assured the river you were born to see
The brighter days are something they didn’t offer me
Pick apart these heavy bones, all the while you sing real low
There’s nothing left for us to eat, you’ve burned the walls of you and me
You’ve slammed the door to stunt my growth, feeling lost I’ve left my post
And there’s nothing left for us to eat, you’ve cut us down like northern weeds
You went sideways talking shapeless
To the only mouth you feed
Here among me lies the ocean
In an empty nameless scene
Holding on to nothing in this empty house
The screaming walls are something when there’s nothing else
Rest assured the river you were born to see
The brighter days are something they didn’t offer me
Pick apart these heavy bones, all the while you sing real low
There’s nothing left for us to eat, you’ve burned the walls of you and me
You’ve slammed the door to stunt my growth, feeling lost I’ve left my post
And there’s nothing left for us to eat, you’ve cut us down like northern weeds
Holding on to nothing in this empty house
The screaming walls are something when there’s nothing else
Rest assured the river you were born to see
The brighter days are something they didn’t offer me
The brighter days are something they didn’t offer me
