[Chorus:]
They came down from the mountains
They strained too long from the fountain
And all the while
All the while they longed for us
But I won't betray, I won't betray, I won't ...Read Full Lyrics
Artist - The Decemberists
Come the war
Come the avarice
Come the war
Come hell
Come attrition
Come the reek of bones
Come attrition
Come hell
This is why, why we fight - why we lie awake
This is why, this...Read Full Lyrics
Artist - The Decemberists
[Verse 1]
Boys in blazers
Union labor
The last on the life boat to get on
Leering drivers
Weary lifers
And I wanna know is when we go on
[Chorus]
'Cause we're traveling o...Read Full Lyrics
Artist - The Decemberists
[Verse 1]
We were tripping tripping tripping tripping tripping along
While you're orbiting, might I?
While you're orbiting, might I?
Lick you sticky sticky sticky sticky sticky...Read Full Lyrics
Artist - The Decemberists
Mother I can hear your foot-fall now
Soft disturbance in the dead-fall how
It proceeds you like a black smoke pall
Still the wanting comes in waves
And you delivered me from danger...Read Full Lyrics
Artist - The Decemberists
[Verse 1]
It was late one night, I was counting out my stitches
Laying by the side of the road
I was a long time gone, slipping off my britches
Feeling like it's time to go hom...Read Full Lyrics
Artist - The Decemberists
Here on these cliffs of Dover
So high you can't see over
And while your head is spinning
Hold tight, it's just beginning
You come from parents wanton
A childhood rough and rotten
...Read Full Lyrics
Artist - The Decemberists
Have I ever lost your way?
Have I ever left you waylaid?
Have I ever called and stayed?
Why would I now?
There were times I load your name
There were times I laid on plain
...Read Full Lyrics
Artist - The Decemberists
With all the grain of babylon
To cultivate, to make us strong
And hidden here behind the walls
Are shoulders wide and timber long
'til the war came
'til the war came
A terrible au...Read Full Lyrics
Artist - The Decemberists
Along the old sea wall
Inside the banquet hall
Below the cellar's stair
Maybe you'll find me there
Your ghost, oh your ghost
Your ghost
And when you take your rest
My weig...Read Full Lyrics
Artist - The Decemberists