All That Remains
Oh Susanna Lyrics

Walk through the sand, scarred open land
Navigating a barren, desolate landscape on foot.

Hopin? to sell my soul to the man
Desperate for any way out, even if it means making a deal with the devil.

Called out his name but he never came
Prayers go unanswered, nobody is coming to save the singer from their situation.

No hope in hell is all that remains
The only option is to accept that things won't improve, no chance for redemption or salvation.

In a ship on the sea, my mama bore me
The artist was born on a voyage, possibly one of slavery or forced migration.

Not yet a slave but no longer free
In limbo, not quite oppressed but not living free either.

She gave me a name covered in shame
The singer was given a name associated with humiliation, further oppression.

Now a whisper of her is all that remains
Only memories of the artist's mother persist, possibly fading over time.

I remember the day they took her from me
The artist recalls the trauma of being separated from their parent figure.

?Lord?, she screamed, ?Have mercy on me!?
The mother cries out in desperation for divine intervention, a higher power to intervene.

But the darkness was vast and her cries they grew thin
The surroundings were hopeless, and the mother's screams eventually died out.

Until all that was left was the moan of the wind
Only nature, indifferent to human plight, carried on after the parent figure was taken.

Now the limbs of a tree beckon to me
Perhaps in a spiritual vision, a temptation presents itself.

Come my child, hang from me
The tree urges the singer to take their own life, possibly to join the mother in the afterlife.

But I turned from that sin for the voice it was him
The singer refuses to give in to the temptation, recognizing that it was the devil speaking.

To succumb to that deed, means he'll always win
Giving in to temptation would mean conceding power to the devil, accepting helplessness.

there's a blue sky above, no place down below
The only option is to keep moving forward, as there's nowhere to go but forward.

No place but this earth forever to roam
The singer is doomed to wander the earth, perhaps in search of redemption that may never come.

So I walk this whole world through pity and pain
The only path forward is through empathy and perseverance in the face of suffering.

This wicked old world is all that remains
The world is heartless and cruel, but it's all that's left.

Now you can't be no saint, no sinner, no lamb
In this harsh world, morality is irrelevant or impossible to abide by.

When the Devil himself says you ain't worth a damn
Even the devil denies any worth or use in the artist, reflecting their struggle.

But you can live without fear of damnation?s reign
The singer may not be able to abide by traditional morality, but can still choose their own path and live without fear of punishment.

And fight till what's right is all that remains
Despite the cruelty and hardship of the world, the artist will endure and keep fighting for what's ethical and just.

Fight till what's right is all that remains
Repeated emphasis on standing up for what's right and just, no matter what.

Fight till what's right is all that remains
Repeated emphasis on standing up for what's right and just, no matter what.