Ballad of a Prodical Son by Lincoln Durham

[Nikud]

Father don't you recognize your own kin?
It's been a lifetime, or maybe two
My hair is longer, and my face drawn thin
From years of searchin' for the truth

Whoa-oa-oa-a-oa-oa-oa
In the valley of the bones
Whoa-oa-oa-a-oa-oa-oa
They're gonna rise up and head on home

We all wander through this shattered old world
Gettin' more glass in our feet
Leavin' bloody tracks everywhere we turn
Like a morbid hide-and-go-seek

Whoa-oa-oa-a-oa-oa-oa
In the valley of the bones
Whoa-oa-oa-a-oa-oa-oa
They're gonna rise up and head on home

Two plus two ain't always four
And sometimes black ends up white
And here's a million shades of gray in between
When you manage to shed a little light

Whoa-oa-oa-a-oa-oa-oa
In the valley of the bones
Whoa-oa-oa-a-oa-oa-oa
They're gonna rise up and head on home

I've been in every patchwork revival tent from here to yon
So brothers don't you recognize your own kin?
I have returned like a prodigal son
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I just heard this song and wanted to share it. I don't know anything about the artist but to me it sings of the mood of recent events.

 

[steve]

Nice!

The interesting thing about the word _prodigal_ is that it didn’t refer to him leaving or returning.
It referred to his spending, he was a prodigious spender.

 

[Nikud]

prodigious spender

Selfish and spoiled

 

[steve]

Selfish and spoiled

?
I am not understanding what you are intending to communicate.
prod·i·gal
ˈprädəɡəl/
adjective

1. 1.
   spending money or resources freely and recklessly; wastefully extravagant.
   "prodigal habits die hard"
   synonyms: wasteful, extravagant, spendthrift, profligate, improvident, imprudent
   "prodigal habits die hard"
2. 2.
   having or giving something on a lavish scale.
   "the dessert was crunchy with brown sugar and prodigal with whipped cream"
   synonyms: generous, lavish, liberal, unstinting, unsparing;
   literarybounteous
   "a composer who is prodigal with his talents"

noun

1. 1.
   a person who spends money in a recklessly extravagant way.

 

[Slumberfreeze]

I think that was intended as Kevin's commentary on the son, not the definition of prodigal.

 

[Mojo]

Totally dig it. What genre would you classify it?

 

[Nikud]

It's classified as Dark Country/Gospel it's a genre I just became aware of. If been listening to some other DC artists and some of the songs I've heard are complete thrash others....The best way I can explain the feeling they give it is the struggle between the flesh wanting the darkness, and the soul desperately seeking out the light. The songs are usally written from the point of veiw of someone who is aknowledging they're a sinner who is taking responsibility for their action and struggling to change.

 

[Mojo]

Seems to have elements of negro spiritual too.

 

[NetWatchR]

Dark Country, huh?