The Place Lives Lyrics

Misunderstood And disillusioned I go on describing this place And the way it feels to live and die The “natural world” And whatever else it’s called I drive in and ou...Read Full Lyrics

I sing to you I sing to you, Geneviève I sing to you You don't exist I sing to you though When I address you, who am I talking to? Standing in the front yard like an open ...Read Full Lyrics

I know no one now Now I say "you" Now after the ground has opened up Now after you died I wonder what could beacon me forward into the rest of life I can glimpse occasional ...Read Full Lyrics

Another of my friends has died Uh oh, it's morning time again The lover that I held up high Uh oh, it's morning time again I held her high and made her blurry Pressure piled o...Read Full Lyrics

In my most hopeless days Lost in pitch black caves There's waterfalls And dripping stone walls It's so perfect and amazing So you may only naively believe There's waterfalls ...Read Full Lyrics

[Julie Doiron] When I walk out of the museum The wall of sudden light makes me crinkle up my nose And standing, coat half on, between marble columns I sneeze into the w...Read Full Lyrics

Do you seriously believe That you will not be a prisoner? Do you insistently try Over and over to seem free in life In the ways you treat your loves and the lives and your trou...Read Full Lyrics

What do I want with my life now you're gone? I want your ghost gone. What do I want with this wood now that it's sawn? I want the stump gone, And the land it grew on. Oh Black Lag...Read Full Lyrics

[Phil Elverum and Julie Doiron] It's almost Mother's Day Me and the other widows will commiserate Alone at Montessori again Straddling two worlds Between the crush of sing...Read Full Lyrics

Drifting sideways Waves roar Lifted high enough up to see the shore and my friend Then the trough And impenetrable sky Yawning sky Asking questions While night grows With a...Read Full Lyrics