Noah Gundersen, lead singer of the The Courage (also known as Noah Gunderse… Read Full Bio ↴Noah Gundersen, lead singer of the The Courage (also known as Noah Gundersen And The Courage), hails from Centralia, Washington - a small town 85 miles south of Seattle on the I-5 corridor. Gundersen has been making music since childhood, learning piano at a young age and later teaching himself guitar. He often played in cafés as a teen, occasionally with his younger sister, Abby Gundersen, the two have been formally producing music since 2005.

Gundersen's music banks on strong lead vocals, boasting a poetic and lyrical charm, backed by ambient backgrounds of strings and percussion. Gundersen's music has been called a blend of melancholy folk and electric euphoria, occasionally drawing comparisons to the likes of Elijah Wyman, David Wilcox, and Damien Rice. Drawing the attention of crowds across the South Puget Sound region, Noah Gundersen regularly performs in a variety of settings, ranging from small college basements to more prestigious venues such as the Triple Door, the Crocodile Cafe, and the Columbia City Theater.

Gundersen and his younger sister usually create studio work on their own - together they have produced two EPs, a live album, and most recently two full length albums:

• Brand New World EP (Noah Gundersen) - 2008
• Live at The Triple Door (Noah Gundersen & The Courage) - 2008
• Saints & Liars EP (Noah Gundersen & The Courage) - Oct. 9, 2009
• Fearful Bones (The Courage) - Sept. 11, 2010
• Family (Noah Gundersen) - Aug. 6, 2011

Official site: noahgundersenmusic.com/

Oh Death
Noah Gundersen Lyrics

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When death and all his angels find you
Will you call out
Will you call out

When death and all his angels catch you
Will you cry out
Will you cry out

At the end of the line
There's no more time
And you go it alone
You can never come home
At the end of the line

From dust and ashes I have called you
And dust you shall become
In the end

From dust and ashes I have called you
And dust you shall become
In the end

Oh death
Oh death
Where is your sting

At the end of the line
There's no more time
And you go it alone

You can never come home
At the end of the line

Overall Meaning

The lyrics to Noah Gundersen's song, "Oh Death," speak to the inevitability of death and how it can come unexpectedly for anyone, leaving them to face it alone. The lines, "When death and all his angels find you/ Will you call out/ Will you cry out," depict the fear and uncertainty that one feels when faced with the idea of dying. In the end, we are all reduced to dust and ashes, no matter how we lived our lives, and there is no escaping this fate. The repetition of the phrase, "From dust and ashes I have called you/ And dust you shall become/ In the end," drives home the idea that death is an inevitable part of the cycle of life and that we must accept it as such.

The chorus of the song, which repeats the line "Oh death, oh death, where is your sting," can be interpreted in a few different ways. It could be seen as a questioning of death's power and ability to inflict pain, or it could be interpreted as a reminder that, in the grand scheme of things, death is just another part of the cycle of life and is not something to be feared.

Overall, "Oh Death" is a sobering and introspective look at the idea of mortality and what it means to face our own mortality.

Line by Line Meaning

When death and all his angels find you
If death and all his helpers finally locate you

Will you call out
Will you make a cry for help

When death and all his angels catch you
If death and all his helpers finally capture you

Will you cry out
Will you scream out in agony

At the end of the line
When you've reached the end of your life's journey

There's no more time
There's no more time to make amends or right wrongs

And you go it alone
You have no one to support or help you

You can never come home
There's no returning to life once you've died

At the end of the line
When you've reached the end of your life's journey

From dust and ashes I have called you
You were once created from dust and ashes by a higher power