I wrote this about my experience going to a college football game last fall. I was intrigued how we could all come together and cheer for a team, and not think once about our differences, about who we voted for, about our religious beliefs. I was grateful for that moment.
It doesn't matter what you believe
It doesn't matter what you've achieved
Come along, you're invited one and all
We come together inside these palace walls
Outside the leaves are tumbling down
Crackling fire covering the ground
And columns standing over 100 ft. tall
We come together inside these palace walls
These palace walls they hide your secrets
These palace walls don't know your name
The man beside me was as stiff as one could be
I could tell he grew up differently than me
But we slapped our hands when the player caught the ball
We cheered together inside these palace walls
These palace walls, they hide your secrets
These palace walls don't know your name
These palace walls remove our difference
And underneath we find we're more the same
When it's time to leave and we head back to our home
When we've locked our doors and find ourselves alone
That's when we should remember most of all
How we came together inside those palace Walls
@wrenarcher Mar 2022
Dang! This is SO good.
Reminds me so much of the delicate, storytelling folk songs I’ve heard in the intimate settings of a house concert.
Thank you so much for these videos with such a personal setting. Thank you for taking me back to a time before covid.
This is wonderful.
@hamiltonpoolhall Feb 2022
I love the idea of recasting the stadium as a palace, and one where everyone actually joins together. And how you flip it so that the palace is the open, welcoming place and the individual homes are what are locked and off limits. And the delivery is great – really warm and patient, with a great guitar sound and a really welcoming sound to your voice.
@danvaillancourt Feb 2022
Nice song Eric!
@tamsnumber4 Feb 2022
Love the idea for this, so well written and I think we can all relate to shit idea. You have a great voice and the melody is a great match for the lyric. Wonderful song and am so happy you did the Paint Card Challenge!!
@skylermf Feb 2022
Such a creative idea! There’s definitely a beauty in just rooting for something together, and I like your choice of the palace walls to represent that. You make it even more comforting with the sparse and beautiful guitar backing and your picture of crackling fire/autumn leaves