The Decemberists, Don't Carry It All (live), Fox Theater (Oakland)

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The Decemberists open their August 17, 2017 concert at the Fox Theater in Oakland, California with "Don't Carry It All." The song originally appeared on the band's 2011 album The King Is Dead. The Decemberists are Colin Meloy, Chris Funk, Jenny Conlee, Nate Query, and John Moen.

Lyrics:

Here we come to a turning of the season
Witness to the arc towards the sun
The neighbor's blessed burden within reason
Becomes a burden borne of all and one

And nobody, nobody knows
Let the yoke fall from our shoulders
Don't carry it all, don't carry it all
We are all our hands in holders
Beneath this bold and brilliant sun
But this I swear to all

A monument to build beneath the arbors
Upon a plinth that towers towards the trees
But every vessel pitching hard to starboard
Lay its head on summer's freckled knees

And nobody, nobody knows
Let the yoke fall from our shoulders
Don't carry it all don't carry it all
We are all our hands in holders
Beneath this bold and brilliant sun
This I swear to all, this I swear to all

Buried wreath of trillium and ivy
Laid upon the body of a boy
Lazy will the loam come from its hiding
Return this quiet searcher to the soil

So raise a glass to turnings of the season
And watch it as it arcs towards the sun
And you must bear your neighbor's burden within reason
And your labors will be borne when all is done

And nobody, nobody knows
Let the yoke fall from our shoulders
Don't carry it all don't carry it all
We are all our hands in holders
Beneath this bold and brilliant sun

And this I swear to all
And this I swear to all
And this I swear to all

To all, to all, to all

Written by Colin Meloy

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Shuffling Off to Ragnarok Tour Dates (2017):

April 7 – State Theatre of Ithaca, Ithaca, NY
April 8 – Stage AE, Pittsburgh, PA
April 9 – The National, Richmond, VA
April 11 – Fox Theatre, Atlanta, GA
April 12 – Ryman Auditorium, Nashville, TN
April 14 – The Fillmore Philadelphia, Philadelphia, PA
April 15 – College Street Music Hall, New Haven, CT
April 17-19 – Brooklyn Steel, Brooklyn, NY
June 9 – Cascadia Resists, Seattle, WA
August 8 – The Orpheum, Vancouver, BC
August 9 – MacEwan Hall, Calgary, AB
August 10– Edmonton Folk Music Festival Edmonton, AB
August 12-13– Travelers’ Rest, Missoula, MT
August 15 – Red Butte Garden Amphitheatre, Salt Lake City, UT
August 17 – Fox Theater, Oakland, CA
August 18 – Mondavi Center, Davis, CA
August 19 – Britt Pavilion, Jacksonville, OR