Unless It's Kicks Okkervil River

What gives this mess some grace Unless it's kicks, man Unless it's fiction Unless it's sweat or it's songs What hits against this chest Unless it's a sick man's hand From some mid-level band He's been

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

Our Life Is Not A Movie Or Maybe Okkervil River

It?

For Real Okkervil River

real knives For real cries And then the flash of steel from real guns In real life Really fills my mind And I really miss what really did exist When I held your throat so tight And I miss the bus as it

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.

Get Big Okkervil River

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€？？"

No Hidden Track Okkervil River

rain falls down What if there's no secret word No matter what you thought you heard I asked the other son and he averred No secret word No secret word No hidden track But my words left me And my heart it

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.

Just Give Me Time Okkervil River

Her stinging eyes, and her sixteen-hour drive, and our shared, transparent rope And our icy dive through hope I'll memorize, and I'll cut into my mind I can't believe it can be so I won't believe that

And I Have Seen the World of Dreams Okkervil River

And it seems like that's real until the time I awake, And at midnight the moonlight reflects as the lake Is shining at me, until night takes it away.

Savannah Smiles Okkervil River

Midnight late last week, my daughter's diary Didn't know what it might be 'til it was open I only read one page and then put it away Talk about your big mistakes, hey, Shan, nice going Photos show no tears

Blanket and Crib Okkervil River

And handshakes all around: that's your style, and no one would call it denial, for you're not even sure what's in store. And it's more than you'll be able to take standing up straight.

Dead Faces Okkervil River

When it turns out, I hope that it turns out the way that you dreamed. Embarcadero train station's empty, and I just cannot believe how long it takes to go all the way home through the city.

Song Of Our So-Called Friend Okkervil River

Its pretty clear, though you could hear, you truly finally knew, in time, hed tell his tale the way hed like it told. Now he isnt on the phone, and his story might as well be so.

No Key, No Plan Okkervil River

Moralize all you might like, I don't believe in it. You've never earned your soul. I know, (x 3) but I'm gonna try, though, I'm gonna try. I'm a rich young sophisticate, I've got girls and friends.

Black Okkervil River

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 (where's your mother?)

Last Love Song For Now Okkervil River

Take my sword from the slaughter Melt it down into vapor, and my armor, too I hear hot blood flap and flutter From your temple to shoulder And all through you When you hold on to me it isn't easy When

Maine Island Lovers Okkervil River

When you walked out on her love was it easy? When I left him while sleeping was I dreaming?

Plus Ones Okkervil River

No one wants to hear about your 97th tear So dry your eyes or let it go uncried, my dear I am all out of love to mouth and to your ear And not above letting a love song disappear Before it's written And

Westfall Okkervil River

And when I killed her it was so easy that I wanted to kill her again. I got down on both of my knees and？？짖€？？짝.she ain't coming back again.

Yellow Okkervil River

No matter how much she told him "I love you," He found it would depend on the gifts that he bought her, Or how badly she was hurt When the boss was cruel at work.

For the Enemy Okkervil River

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 flow, floating away.

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.

The Latest Toughs Okkervil River

But it came out and it shot its rays down. Burning everyone, it was burning everyone.

Listening To Otis Redding At Home During Christmas Okkervil River

It's Christmastime and the plane flies me over white hills to a town in a dream, where the sky is frozen and still, and a room (that's not mine but it's just like I left it before, with the wax from the

Lady Liberty Okkervil River

And was it worth it after all? There is a bathroom down the

You Can't Hold The Hand Of A Rock And Roll Man Okkervil River

98 And our silver-screen affair, it weighs less to me than air It's a gas now, it's a laugh, just how far several mil can take it This week's fast as last week's flash of interstate When you starved and

Another Radio Song Okkervil River

no song is written It's nothing you thought of Yourself It's just a ghost, came unbidden To this house This infection gets stronger every year This seed in the water of your tear There is no escaping it

A Girl In Port Okkervil River

Let fall your shoes, let fall your shirt I'm not the lady-killing sort Enough to hurt a girl in port Marie's gone blonde and lost a stone She lay on her lawn, spun and alone And when the morning sun it

A Hand To Take Hold Of The Scene Okkervil River

set of raccoon eyes And there's this scene in the show When a hustler knows he's gonna die The ground opens and he climbs inside And as he speaks his last line A thought falls from his mind And I pick it

John Allyn Smith Sails Okkervil River

I was upsettable I tried to make my breathing stop, my heart beat slow So when my mom and John came in I would be cold From a bridge on Washington Avenue The year of 1972 Broke my bones and skull And it

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.

The War Criminal Rises and Speaks Okkervil River

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€？？"alone,？？짖€？？？？

A King And A Queen Okkervil River

Though I know that it never can be, I'd be pleased to post your decrees, to fall at your knees, to name all your streets and to sit down and weep when you're carried back through them and set down to sleep

The Next Four Months Okkervil River

Maybe we could break your ankle clean and unsuspiciously An E.R. trip, a doctor's slip and you could share your pills with me Won't it feel so good though when we're lying Side by side can't move and I'm

Seas Too Far to Reach Okkervil River

But I'll gather up my men and try to sail on it again, and we'll walk and quietly talk all through the country of your skin, made up of pieces of the places that you've dreamed and that you've been.

A Stone Okkervil River

You love a stone, because it's dark, and it's old, and if it could start being alive you'd stop living alone.

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...

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...

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...

Black Sheep Boy Okkervil River

Here I am back home againI'm here to restAll they ask is where I've beenKnowing I've been westI'm the family's unowned boyGolden curls of envied hairPretty girls with faces fairSee the shine in the...

So Come Back, I Am Waiting Okkervil River

A black sheep boy revolves over canyons and waterfalls.A black sheep boy dissolves in syringe or in shower stall.He says？？짖€？？"There's plenty of time to make you mine tonight,there's plenty of time...

A Glow Okkervil River

Come into the den, come into the denYou've got a glowClimb into my arms with blood on your clothesYou've got a glowAnd you're no one's but mineAnd nobody knows the land where he's lyingNo heat in h...

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...

Black Sheep Boy #4 Okkervil River

Bleeding black sheep boy, mirror in pieces, turn the receiver, trace the police station line to my number, and number my reasons for this paranoia, for these accusations, for each night that the nu...

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...

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€？？？？

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...

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...