Dead Faces Okkervil River

Ghostly faces at my living-room window aren't scared of me because they know I can't hurt them. They press up and see, in the lamp-glow, all of the hurt and the love inside of me.

Song About a Star Okkervil River

He's not there, that's just light that's not yet dead. Wait two hours and watch what'll be there instead.

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

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.

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. It's all over...

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

Westfall Okkervil River

But all of these people making all these faces didn't seem like my kith and kin. Colin Kincaid from the twelfth grade, I guess you could say he was my best friend.

A Glow Okkervil River

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 so long My live and dead

Song Of Our So-Called Friend Okkervil River

Your faces falling tears, to me theyre lovely and theyre dear, though you dont love me and its clear that I will never see you in my arms.

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.

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€？？？？

Black Sheep Boy #4 Okkervil River

Go back beyond the pasture, or I'll smash your mirror 'til you're dead.

So Come Back, I Am Waiting Okkervil River

A black sheep boy dissolves in hot cream, in sweet moans, in each dead bed and empty home, in each seething bacterium. Killing softly and serial, he lifts his head, handsome, horned, magisterial.

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.

Our Life Is Not A Movie Or Maybe Okkervil River

It?s just a bad movie where there's no cryingHanding the keys to me in this Red LionWhere the lock that you locked in the suiteSays there's no pryingWhen the breath that you breathed in the streetS...

Unless It's Kicks Okkervil River

What gives this mess some graceUnless it's kicks, manUnless it's fictionUnless it's sweat or it's songsWhat hits against this chestUnless it's a sick man's handFrom some mid-level bandHe's been dri...

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...

A Girl In Port Okkervil River

Let fall your soft and swaying skirtLet fall your shoes, let fall your shirtI'm not the lady-killing sortEnough to hurt a girl in portMarie's gone blonde and lost a stoneShe lay on her lawn, spun a...

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 collatesWhile you sit in the van and waitGassed and trashed and smashed, young cads roasting awayOn a sunny summer day or, okay, an August night any...

Title Track Okkervil River

All of the stage names evaporateAnd it's just a blood flushed and heart rushing ratesEither to kick off too soon or stick around too lateTo be far too dear or too cut rateHold my hand again like at...

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...

For Real Okkervil River

Some nights I thirst for real bloodFor real knivesFor real criesAnd then the flash of steel from real gunsIn real lifeReally fills my mindAnd I really miss what really did existWhen I held your thr...

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 ...

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...

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. So when sleep nightly comes to me,...

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...

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 ...

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...

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.

Black Okkervil River

I'm coming into your town. 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 (...

Get Big Okkervil River

？？짖€？？"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€？？"So take your medicine and I ...

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. You love a stone, beca...

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. Ask for proof, because if you're dying to be led they'll ...

Missing Children Okkervil River

"Kids get lostLands out wanderingBigger, blacker, things go followingThen into a patch of forestSomebody once planted for thisSongs not over, phone's still ringingEyes still rolling, eyes still cli...

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.So I'll grope down that ladder again, until I'm tumbling -but really, I just want to slide, I w...

Another Radio Song Okkervil River

Sit back, no song is writtenIt's nothing you thought of YourselfIt's just a ghost, came unbiddenTo this houseThis infection gets stronger every yearThis seed in the water of your tearThere is no es...

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...

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...

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. I can picture you inside some stranger's house, inside some stran...

My Bad Days Okkervil River

Dear Mother, we've all got bad days, and I know you'll understand. Where we open up a foreign door with a pair of foreign hands. Where we find ourselves alone at the foot of a pair of foreign stair...

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? This boy I knew was five years older tha...

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. And I ...

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. Now that you're feeling fine, I'll admit that - though I know it's coming down, and see it sha...

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...

Blanket and Crib Okkervil River

Safe, safe - enjoy your time feeling so safe, and treasure that smile on your face, okay? Because time will see that it's replaced in a while. So go on, smile. And handshakes all around: that's you...

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€？？"alo...

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. Hold your he...

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€？？...