ONE SONG (4) Mark Sasso. Elliott Brood.

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  Mark Sasso is one of the founding members of ELLIOTT BROOD talking about his One Song "Their Will" released on the album "Days into Years" 2011. We have crossed paths many times over the last few years as Stephen Pitkin also helps me with drums and mastering on many of my projects. Please visit Elliott Broods website for details on their new release "KEEPER" released September 2020. https://www.elliottbrood.com   Elliott Brood is a Canadian three-piece, alternative country band formed in 2002 in Toronto, consisting of Mark Sasso on lead vocals, guitar, banjo, ukulele, harmonica, and kazoo, Casey Laforet on guitar, lead vocals, backing vocals, bass pedals, keys, and ukulele, and Stephen Pitkin on percussion, sampler, and backing vocals. The band's style has been categorized as "death country", "frontier rock", or "revival music"   Their Will (lyrics)   On waves, we had come They planted us on to these shores  Now we had never known Such sights or the places  That we now called home   We were given to this day There was silence And then came their calls Urged us up and over for King and Country For God's sake, don't hesitate boys Make the distance before they see" Then into their fire, we drove our bodies Then came the sounds Cries of pain emerged from within the clouds Our feet, they fell apart Our will soon followed, as did our hearts With head in hands  We traced our paths On the remnants of their worn out maps And prayed for an end By the time  We had turned around The tides had come Reclaimed the broken ground We forgot that we were men And where we came from And where we laid our heads And the wounds we had We all knew they'd never mend And the ones we lost  And the ones we couldn't save