For Real Okkervil River

Some nights I thirst for real blood For real knives For real cries And then the flash of steel from real guns In real life Really fills my mind And I really miss what really did exist When I held your

Okkervil River Ciaran Lavery

Okkervil River on the radio, you never heard them before Remember when your dad gave you hell and you cried on the bathroom floor And we saved all our money for the day we'd up and get away We never said

And I Have Seen the World of Dreams Okkervil River

And it seems like that's real until the time I awake, And at midnight the moonlight reflects as the lake Is shining at me, until night takes it away.

Yellow Okkervil River

We went for a walk through the park by the market So we could get some air.

My Bad Days Okkervil River

There's a string that runs through our bad days, and if you pull that string real tight, the days all crumple together and all that you see is night.

Okkervil River Song Okkervil River

Down by Okkervil River slow silent thick and black, I stared into the water, and the water it stared back.

For the Enemy Okkervil River

Oh, my enemy, you've got company, you're not alone. They're watching over me while each town you pass fades as it folds. So in the night we might get lost in our fright. So in the day softly we'd f...

A King And A Queen Okkervil River

Be a being on two feet, with his heart trembling, butchering for a king he believes in though he's never seen.

Last Love Song For Now Okkervil River

Take my sword from the slaughterMelt it down into vapor, and my armor, tooI hear hot blood flap and flutterFrom your temple to shoulderAnd all through youWhen you hold on to me it isn't easyWhen yo...

Black Sheep Boy #4 Okkervil River

Bleeding black sheep boy, mirror in pieces, turn the receiver, trace the police station line to my number, and number my reasons for this paranoia, for these accusations, for each night that the numbers

Title Track Okkervil River

A Hollywood Babylon bikeathon for break dancers All broken down in their beds Now intravenously fed From a bag hanging over their heads Can I put you down for some miles? What do you say? ?

Happy Hearts Okkervil River

And everybody's searching for a place to put their love. See the people on the street? They go home and what do you think they dream of? Unconditional love. Why did you leave me?

Missing Children Okkervil River

"Kids get lost Lands out wandering Bigger, blacker, things go following Then into a patch of forest Somebody once planted for this Songs not over, phone's still ringing Eyes still rolling, eyes still clinging

Lady Liberty Okkervil River

It's all right, lady liberty, it's just too bad you couldn't do the same for me. You say you've been used, you've been betrayed. Yeah, and that old bed's been newly made.

Our Life Is Not A Movie Or Maybe Okkervil River

you sliced through the scene There was no shyness In the plot that you passed through your teeth There was no pity No fade in, film begins on a kid in the big city And no cut to a costly parade, that's for

The Latest Toughs Okkervil River

With ten-thousand-time-told truths, you've still got to ask for proof.

It Ends With A Fall Okkervil River

Now that you're feeling fine, I'll admit that - though I know it's coming down, and see it shattering me - it doesn't matter to me, and I'm not sadder for seeing it come. I'm not going to run.

The Velocity of Saul at the Time of his Conversion Okkervil River

Hold your head higher, the heavenly choir is settling in for the night. And where I had friends I am left with loose ends; four hours of vision exchanged for four hours of fright. But enough of ？？

Unless It's Kicks Okkervil River

ground getting soft And the sound in the sky Coming down from above It surrounds you at times And it's whispering, oh What pulls your body down That is quicksand So we climb out quick, hand over hand For

Blanket and Crib Okkervil River

And handshakes all around: that's your style, and no one would call it denial, for you're not even sure what's in store. And it's more than you'll be able to take standing up straight.

A Glow Okkervil River

you've got a glow, you've got a glow (And there's no escaping, the thing that is making its home in your radio) You're light in a lie You're lithe and you're strong And you've wanted to do that, my love, for

The Room I'm Hiding In Okkervil River

once was desperation Now just medication The bathroom walls have always been so scribbled on Just like your skin But that's the room I'm hiding in Is just a vindication So hang the flag at half-mast For

A Girl In Port Okkervil River

Holly made her way Over the sea and far away She's telling me inside her car Driving us back from the Crystal Corner bar I lost her there, I fell from hell Cut some fresh pieces from myself And then for

The President's Dead Okkervil River

If you don't live through a day for the littlest things, And the littlest ways made you feel you were blessed If you died right then, well you know you'd be missed, But there's no better state to cease

In A Radio Song Okkervil River

Some animal sips where the river flows from a black little crack in a stone. To a crackle in a radio song, sing along, sing along, sing along. Warm light when your eyes fill with laughter.

Maine Island Lovers Okkervil River

And we read without irony from a book my husband bought for me. When I fell on the concrete it was lovely, because you could see what's been running so hot in me.

The War Criminal Rises and Speaks Okkervil River

so the heart turns a sale into a well-worn milestone towards hard-won soft furniture, fought-for fast food, defended end table that holds paperbacks and back U.S. News.

Get Big Okkervil River

And I can't say why each day doesn't quite fit the space we saved for it.？？짖€？？？？ But if that space now demands that you throw up both your hands and call it quits... ？？짖€？？"Take your midnight trip.

No Key, No Plan Okkervil River

I'm doing what I really like and getting paid for it. There is no key, there's no plan; I discovered that. And, truly, I don't think you'll find a happier man. You've never earned your soul.

Westfall Okkervil River

They're looking for evil, thinking they can trace it, but evil don't look like any

Dead Dog Song Okkervil River

He was only here for fourteen years, and now the branches scratch my face and I can't hold back my tears.

No Hidden Track Okkervil River

No hidden track My words left And my heart it just went slack Just went slack When I saw it passing 'Cause what if they can't come back They can't come back There's no hidden track No hidden track But for

You Can't Hold The Hand Of A Rock And Roll Man Okkervil River

This week's cash for last week's grass your crew collates While you sit in the van and wait Gassed and trashed and smashed, young cads roasting away On a sunny summer day or, okay, an August night anyway

Dead Faces Okkervil River

Well, nobody waits for you to believe in ghosts, lit by moonlight or dawning, or in this picture of you a

Song Of Our So-Called Friend Okkervil River

Theres no room in your heart for even this finely-sharpened dart; although I had started to think there might be hope, it isnt so. So wake up, make up some new song again around the same tune.

Listening To Otis Redding At Home During Christmas Okkervil River

I'm standing where we knelt and a miracle mile now borders it, but if I turn my back and look at the field I don't even notice it for a second. There's a tangle of greenery where winter scenery ends.

Song About a Star Okkervil River

And the words that some screenwriter counted and chose, and then set in their sequence and froze, unfreeze on his tongue as he speaks for all of us but one. And honey, he's gone.

A Stone Okkervil River

And I think I believe that, if stones could dream, they'd dream of being laid side-by-side, piece-by-piece, and turned into a castle for some towering queen they're unable to know.

Another Radio Song Okkervil River

Bless this tiny alley we have fallen from tall buildings we have fallen through the air Into a garden sweetly smelling of the softest Sleeping flowers now they sit under the sidewalk Now they're waiting for

Black Okkervil River

But if I could tear his throat, and spill his blood between my jaws, and erase his name for good, don't you know that I would?

A Hand To Take Hold Of The Scene Okkervil River

I'm the band in a show'Bout a man holding hands with his wifeOn a therapist couch with his face to the groundAfter fucking around countless nightsAnd there's this one episodeClose-up cameras were s...

Savannah Smiles Okkervil River

Midnight late last week, my daughter's diaryDidn't know what it might be 'til it was openI only read one page and then put it awayTalk about your big mistakes, hey, Shan, nice goingPhotos show no t...

Plus Ones Okkervil River

No one wants to hear about your 97th tearSo dry your eyes or let it go uncried, my dearI am all out of love to mouth and to your earAnd not above letting a love song disappearBefore it's writtenAnd...

John Allyn Smith Sails Okkervil River

By the second verse, dear friendsMy head will burst, my life will endSo I'd like to start this one off by sayingLive and loveI was young and at home in bedAnd I was hanging on the words some poem s...

The Next Four Months Okkervil River

Maybe we could break your ankle clean and unsuspiciouslyAn E.R. trip, a doctor's slip and you could share your pills with meWon't it feel so good though when we're lyingSide by side can't move and ...

Just Give Me Time Okkervil River

This red-haired girl of mine tore a pinecone from the pineTo cut into her palm, singing the song her sinking lover sungI shut my eyes, ripped the train from off the lineBut a sudden gust of snow bl...

A Favor Okkervil River

Rapt in Star Wars sheetsWith my hand across your bellyWe waded through the watercolorWe waded through the watercolorAnd drunk in your parents' houseJunk coming out of your mouthWe were buried in th...

Black Sheep Boy Okkervil River

Here I am back home againI'm here to restAll they ask is where I've beenKnowing I've been westI'm the family's unowned boyGolden curls of envied hairPretty girls with faces fairSee the shine in the...

So Come Back, I Am Waiting Okkervil River

A black sheep boy revolves over canyons and waterfalls.A black sheep boy dissolves in syringe or in shower stall.He says？？짖€？？"There's plenty of time to make you mine tonight,there's plenty of time...

Red Okkervil River

Red is my favorite color, red like your mother's eyes after awhile of crying about how you don't love her. She says ？？짖€？？"I know I don't deserve supervised sight of her, but each day becomes a blu...