Cold Mountain Lyrics

Reading about Buddhism and listening to Xasthur on the subway in New York City Back when you were my home Not that long ago This Life Upends me Again and again (This...Read Full Lyrics

But I don't believe in ghosts or anything I know that you are gone and that I'm carrying some version of you around Some untrustworthy old description in my memories And that mu...Read Full Lyrics

Hello my air, goodbye Hope Goodbye also to your ambushes I say "goodbye Ghost" And watch it turn to wide air Where I shine and float Hello darkest fear, goodbye eyes-closed ...Read Full Lyrics

I have my hopes of how I would be after living in exile After closing your eyes to me I even wrote scenes where I re-emerged boldly, bearded Alive With eskimo eyes New baby on my b...Read Full Lyrics

I stayed inside all morning Watching waves of rain pass over Cold and dry by the window I didn't turn a light on The fireplace dead since last night Emptiness inside, cold mor...Read Full Lyrics

Should there be songs? Should my hair be long? Should my stare be strong? Do nightmares belong, on the prairie at dawn? Do I dare to fawn over fair-faced blonds? Should there ...Read Full Lyrics

Some people say "Arise! Arise! Arise! Live friend live!" I say: "Die." I say: "Shade yourself." I say: "Shine what precious light you have into caves And when it dies out stay...Read Full Lyrics

I'll go gather wood What I do I'll do good And when I have it in my fingers I hope I know It was not the hunting that led me there It was the ice in my hair When the wind f...Read Full Lyrics

[Julie Doiron] What would be the use in becoming A symbol of walking desolation? Awash in multiple griefs Elaborating on anguish [Phil Elverum and Julie Doiron] What gl...Read Full Lyrics

Broken hearted and sad, I walk upright A dumb ape in a world of dumb apes A log in the waves Knowing sorrow's always beside me, I walk upright "O crown of light!" I sometimes...Read Full Lyrics