From the artist:
“My deepest worry and most complete horror is the potentially catastrophic impact of climate change. I have nightmares about the diaspora, the starvation, the suffering, the destruction. So in wanting to make some sort of statement, I chose to tell it as a story.”
Chuck says about the song, “My favorite lines in the song are the ‘asides.’ When the Red Creek starts rising, the voice warns ‘There’s no knowing yesterday.’ When thunderclouds turn black, it’s ‘hands from heaven reaching down.’ When the world is left to the copperheads, we’re told ‘what we knew is other’s now’ – suggesting that humans may be crushed but Mother Nature will do just fine. And finally, as the water floods the fields and graveyards, we’re ordered to ‘take mama’s soul to higher ground.’ Perhaps we need to be moving all our souls to higher ground.”
