Okkervil River - Where the Spirit Left Us lyrics

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Through the war and the soft spring rustle

Streets are selling some summer hustle

Across the Maple Street Bridge, in a bristling fog

Just whistling on is a bowl of prattle

Just a high snowball on a curb in the fall

Through the parking lot at Christmas

I heard a whisper, I heard him call

He was where the chest was

Only way our lives open wide and have a shade

That this is to say

If you’re on a ferry, freezing time for a while

Throw the waste, that’s where the spirit left

Underneath the house, stuck the frame out here

Smells like sweat and gasoline

And when you get hard and your eyes get mean

‘Cause you’re on the march but I could almost kiss you

Don’t let them swish you, you have this song, you can take it with you

Stay lonely, open wide as a fire, a flame

Don’t be ashamed

Loose a little, lied eyes while our lives fade to gray…

Did the silence drop? Did your Walkman stop?

Did the edge turn cold ‘cause the message was so close?

Oh, did you chock it? Oh, can I know?

I know where this is going because we always blow it

Only way our lives open wide and have a shade, it’s just that way

Flow down that rive, freezing time, fully wide, just throw the waste

That’s where the spirit waste

Only way our lives, your eyes on fire, mind your flame

We won’t be dismayed

When the sun is out and you’re screaming by

I swear that if I had my way

You know I would’ve blessed it