Seas Too Far to Reach Okkervil River

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.

Blanket and Crib Okkervil River

And it's more than you'll be able to take standing up straight. And it won't be okay. And you won't be somebody who it's just happening to, because it's a trap that you, and only you, have laid.

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

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

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 Hand To Take Hold Of The Scene Okkervil River

of the flaws With the eyes all got odd and rumpled into her spine She rises up like a young group from a heart Like a claw splits apart like a jaw, like an eye And she asks me with a sigh We were so far

Yellow Okkervil River

You can only talk so much about things That are never, ever going to happen. My brother's at home with his dog and his cat And his wife is at a friend's.

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€？？"

Lady Liberty Okkervil River

I can picture you inside some stranger's house, inside some stranger's bed - you're trying to seem mysterious, the covers pulled over your head.

It Ends With A Fall Okkervil River

Wish I could remember why it mattered to me. It doesn't matter to me. It doesn't matter to me anymore.

And I Have Seen the World of Dreams Okkervil River

So when sleep nightly comes to me, With all of these warm blankets piled on my back, I'll hike to see the church of dreams, Where all of the shutters are painted black.

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

I'm too tired to smile or know that I'm right. Am I right? And all our best-laid plans, they crumbled in our hands. Our flags fell where they'd fanned.

A Stone Okkervil River

And you'd love most to be told that it's all your own. You love white veins, you love hard grey, the heaviest weight, the clumsiest shape, the earthiest smell, the hollowest tone - you love a stone.

Maine Island Lovers Okkervil River

To cheat on Maine islands - days of laughter, nights of sighing. To love without ceasing - flowering orchards, salty sea-things. To say without shyness ？？짖€？？"unreal city, you have killed me.？？짖€？？？？

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

98 And our silver-screen affair, it weighs less to me than air It's a gas now, it's a laugh, just how far several mil can take it This week's fast as last week's flash of interstate When you starved and

A Girl In Port Okkervil River

Let fall your soft and swaying skirt Let fall your shoes, let fall your shirt I'm not the lady-killing sort Enough to hurt a girl in port Marie's gone blonde and lost a stone She lay on her lawn, spun

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.

Song About a Star Okkervil River

He cut your strings so that he could float - lit by lights, lifted by alcohol - over acres of loving coast, far away from your lonely ghost. Now he's cool and all, floating anchorless.

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

Unless It's Kicks Okkervil River

gives this mess some grace Unless it's kicks, man Unless it's fiction Unless it's sweat or it's songs What hits against this chest Unless it's a sick man's hand From some mid-level band He's been driving too

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

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

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€？？？？

So Come Back, I Am Waiting Okkervil River

There's plenty of time to make you mine tonight, there's plenty of time to make you mine.？？짖€？？？？ He says ？？짖€？？"There's plenty of ways to know you're not dying, all right.

A King And A Queen Okkervil River

If you want to see and be seen, then be seen. Your dress is dark red and your opening eyes are bright green.

For Real Okkervil River

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 throat so tight And I miss the bus as it swerved from us Almost came crashing to

Listening To Otis Redding At Home During Christmas Okkervil River

Home is where beds are made and butter is added to toast. On a cold afternoon you can float room to room like a ghost. Take the cr？？？？？？짢che out and argue about who gets to set up the kings.

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.

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

> Remember when our so-called friend would not call out to you while tumbling loosely out a hole punched through your home?

A Favor Okkervil River

the watercolor And drunk in your parents' house Junk coming out of your mouth We were buried in the ice sculpture We were buried in the ice sculpture And you said I would be anything that you wanted me to

Happy Hearts Okkervil River

When will broken hearts learn how to heal? This boy I knew was five years older than me. His daddy'd left him when he was three.

Plus Ones Okkervil River

No one wants to hear about your 97th tear So dry your eyes or let it go uncried, my dear I am all out of love to mouth and to your ear And not above letting a love song disappear Before it's written And

Red Okkervil River

Fall is my favorite season, like falling to reasoning why you crashed from on high. She says ？？짖€？？"

No Key, No Plan Okkervil River

> When I'm hosed and they're closing in, maybe only then, really, I'll try to get right with myself.

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

Savannah Smiles Okkervil River

open I only read one page and then put it away Talk about your big mistakes, hey, Shan, nice going Photos show no tears, in her eyes All those pretty years gone by I just cannot believe, could do that to

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

Another Radio Song Okkervil River

Sit back, no song is written It's nothing you thought of Yourself It's just a ghost, came unbidden To this house This infection gets stronger every year This seed in the water of your tear There is no

Westfall Okkervil River

And they're going to take me and throw me in prison. I ain't coming back again. When I was younger, handsomer and stronger, I felt like I could do anything.

Missing Children Okkervil River

the air starts singing Radio's switched on and buzzing Something in the wind starts humming Something in the field starts haunting Kids grow up and kids get numb and Kids it's coming, kid's it's going to

A Glow Okkervil River

that I'd hold And 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

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

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?)

Just Give Me Time Okkervil River

This red-haired girl of mine tore a pinecone from the pine To cut into her palm, singing the song her sinking lover sung I shut my eyes, ripped the train from off the line But a sudden gust of snow blew

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.

Dead Dog Song Okkervil River

He'd never been to church, so he doesn't have a soul. He isn't waiting at the place where all of us will go.

The Next Four Months Okkervil River

won't deny We'll see our trial some day soon When I know we're fucked I'll halve the pile and share my pills with you 'Cause we've felt fully in our bodies And we've felt totally alive So we're prepared to

The Room I'm Hiding In Okkervil River

There once was desperationNow just medicationThe bathroom walls have always been so scribbled onJust like your skinBut that's the room I'm hiding inIs just a vindicationSo hang the flag at half-mas...

No Hidden Track Okkervil River

What if there's no hidden trackNo journey there, no journey backThe rain falls down upon the same old grassThe rain falls downThe rain falls downThe rain falls downWhat if there's no secret wordNo ...