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.

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

My Bad Days Okkervil River

And a cellar that's as dark as winter's cold (with a hole in the stone of the cold wall). A child like me who's hiding, a child who can't hear your call.

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 Song Okkervil River

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

A King And A Queen Okkervil River

Make a scene, but don't lie on the bed, laid out like you're dead, because honey, you're murdering me. Be a little sheep learning who'll shear and who'll feed. The hands come and they leave.

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

Last Love Song For Now Okkervil River

Take my sword from the slaughter Melt it down into vapor, and my armor, too I hear hot blood flap and flutter From your temple to shoulder And all through you When you hold on to me it isn't easy When

And I Have Seen the World of Dreams Okkervil River

And I have seen the world of dreams, Fresh-flown through the trees then dropped off at the curb Alive, have seen the world awake, And I don't know which I deserve.

Happy Hearts Okkervil River

Why must happy hearts break so hard, leave you curled up in the back seat of a car, staring up at the windshield? When will broken hearts learn how to heal?

Our Life Is Not A Movie Or Maybe Okkervil River

s just a bad movie where there's no crying Handing the keys to me in this Red Lion Where the lock that you locked in the suite Says there's no prying When the breath that you breathed in the street Screams

Title Track Okkervil River

All of the stage names evaporate And it's just a blood flushed and heart rushing rates Either to kick off too soon or stick around too late To be far too dear or too cut rate Hold my hand again like at

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

Loosen the wire, your time has expired, the only word left is ？？짖€？？"goodbye.？？짖€？？？？ In my new dream the light's shining on me, little needles of sodium unstitch the seams of the sky.

Lady Liberty Okkervil River

You can wash out your lying eyes in the bathroom down the hall. I guess I shouldn't be surprised. I guess I didn't know you at all.

The Latest Toughs Okkervil River

ll the latest toughs, you've got to shrug them off or shut them off. With ten-thousand-time-told truths, you've still got to ask for proof.

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

Unless It's Kicks Okkervil River

stereo on With the towns flying by And the 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

The President's Dead Okkervil River

The president's dead, the radio said, Dear friends, is it not so horrible? A shot through my heart, like a knife right through bread, The newspaper said the president's dead.

A Glow Okkervil River

Come into the den, come into the den You've got a glow Climb into my arms with blood on your clothes You've got a glow And you're no one's but mine And nobody knows the land where he's lying No heat in

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.

A Girl In Port Okkervil River

and alone And when the morning sun it rose Upon Marie and her lacy clothes Well, it lit her up, and she walked around The winding streets of Camden Town Well, she don't know who she wants to be And if

The Room I'm Hiding In Okkervil River

There 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

Dead Dog Song Okkervil River

Sam, bless him, has died and left this home, the woodchucks running wild, the bushes overgrown. Slip unseen into the skein of trees, slide through dusky grasses and scatter his ashes.

The War Criminal Rises and Speaks Okkervil River

The heart wants to feel. The heart wants to hold. The heart takes past Subway, past Stop and Shop, past Beal's, and calls it ？？짖€？？"coming home.？？짖€？？？？ The heart wants a trail away from ？？짖€？？"

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.

No Hidden Track Okkervil River

What if there's no hidden track No journey there, no journey back The rain falls down upon the same old grass The rain falls down The rain falls down The rain falls down What if there's no secret word

Dead Faces Okkervil River

짖€" we go laughing and running down to the water, there by the sea where the body just floats like a rowboat and the moon's like a harbor light lit in the sky.

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.

Get Big Okkervil River

Once we get to the end of this song, then it will begin again.？？짖€？？？？ So you said in our bed. I was watching light slip through blinds to find your skin. ？？짖€？？"

Song Of Our So-Called Friend Okkervil River

Its pretty clear, though you could hear, you truly finally knew, in time, hed tell his tale the way hed like it told. Now he isnt on the phone, and his story might as well be so.

Listening To Otis Redding At Home During Christmas Okkervil River

Take the cr？？？？？？짢che out and argue about who gets to set up the kings. And I know that it's home because that's where the stereo sings ？？짖€？？"I've got dreams to remember.？？짖€？？？？

Another Radio Song Okkervil River

escaping it This seed in the water of your tear The way an unborn baby's ear Unfolds in your belly This infection gets stronger every year This direction of a tear rolling down your cheek And there is

Westfall Okkervil River

Colin Kincaid from the twelfth grade, I guess you could say he was my best friend. He lived in a big tall house out on Westfall where we would hide when the rain rolled in.

A Stone Okkervil River

Hot breath, rough skin, warm laughs and smiling, the loveliest words whispered and meant - you like all these things. But, though you like all these things, you love a stone.

Maine Island Lovers Okkervil River

We take each night's journey to the hotel in a hurry, where we love without worry on a bed that's five days dirty. And we read without irony from a book my husband bought for me.

Song About a Star Okkervil River

Cry his call number down the phone, he can't hear you ？？짖€" he's on his float, waving down to the folks at home. As the cameras love all of his faces, they hide all the traces of you in his heart.

Black Okkervil River

Night is falling to the ground, but I can still see where you loved yourself before he tore it all down. April 12th, with nobody else around; you were outside the house (where's your mother?)

Yellow Okkervil River

No matter how much she told him "I love you," He found it would depend on the gifts that he bought her, Or how badly she was hurt When the boss was cruel at work.

No Key, No Plan Okkervil River

He bindles and he twists and ties, gives the reckoning, and then it's back on the road again with maybe thirteen grand. Moralize all you might like, I don't believe in it.

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

Black Sheep Boy Okkervil River

Here I am back home again I'm here to rest All they ask is where I've been Knowing I've been west I'm the family's unowned boy Golden curls of envied hair Pretty girls with faces fair See the shine in

John Allyn Smith Sails Okkervil River

By the second verse, dear friends My head will burst, my life will end So I'd like to start this one off by saying Live and love I was young and at home in bed And I was hanging on the words some poem

A Hand To Take Hold Of The Scene Okkervil River

I'm the band in a show 'Bout a man holding hands with his wife On a therapist couch with his face to the ground After fucking around countless nights And there's this one episode Close-up cameras were

A Favor Okkervil River

Rapt in Star Wars sheets With my hand across your belly We waded through the watercolor We waded through the watercolor And drunk in your parents' house Junk coming out of your mouth We were buried in

Plus Ones Okkervil River

100th luftballoon That was seen shooting from the window of your room To be a spot against the sky's colossal gloom And land deflated in some neighbor's state that's strewn With ninety-nine others Eight

Kansas City Okkervil River

The river is deep and the river is wide, and the girl that I love is on the other side. She wants to move to Kansas City: ？？짖€？？"Move, pretty baby, where the sky is so blue.？？짖€？？？？

Savannah Smiles Okkervil River

Joe turns the TV on with all the lights out Photos on the wall She's my baby, she's my baby doll Is she someone I don't know at all? Is she someone I betrayed?

The Next Four Months Okkervil River

unsuspiciously An E.R. trip, a doctor's slip and you could share your pills with me Won't it feel so good though when we're lying Side by side can't move and I'm not trying Two thousand milligrams each A hotel by the

Seas Too Far to Reach Okkervil River

The ladies in my dream are so obliging. They come on down to do the things I need. Whether skies are calm or cut apart by lightning, they're always there to minister to me.

So Come Back, I Am Waiting Okkervil River

The airwaves stretch and they groan, bleeding, birthing his black diapason. Says ？？짖€？？"There's plenty of things to wear when you come to me, every color of sleeve to be rolled.