Great Ghosts 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

Moon, I already know I'm small on the ground I roll around and feel menacing mountains And all depths of sorrow dwarf me All towering terrors of mine to cower below I know I k...Read Full Lyrics

And when I talked to my friends And found out that you're having fun That you're swallowing life That you're in the sun That you're fucking around You're growing a new one I bellow...Read Full Lyrics

Flame upon Flame upon Flame Reaching out to wrap around My reaching arm That's how life got to be among my friends I wanted her so bad I waited around in a burning down hous...Read Full Lyrics

I am a container of stories about you And I bring you up repeatedly, uninvited to Do the people around me want to keep hearing about my dead wife? Or does the room go silent w...Read Full Lyrics