The Decemberists - Calamity Song lyrics

rate me

Had a dream,

You and me and the war of the end times,

And I believe,

California succumbed to the fault line,

We heaved relief,

As scores of innocents died.

Chorus:

And the Andalusian tribes,

Setting the lay of the …

'Til all that remains is the arms of the angel

Petty greed,

Queen of surplice …,

You know what I mean,

On the road,

It's well-advised to follow your own …,

In the year of the …

And the Panamanian child,

Stands at the Dowager Empress's side,

And all that remains is the arms of the angel,

And all that remains is the arms of the angels.

And you've receded into loam,

And they're picking at your bones,

Will call cold,

We'll come home.

Quiet now,

Will we gather to conjure the rain down,

Will we now,

Build a civilization below ground,

And I'll be crowned,

The community can’t give it out.

Chorus:

And the Andalusian tribes,

Setting the lay and the ..,

And all that remains is the arms of the angel,

And all that remains is the arms of the angels.

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