Decemberists (The)
Lake Song
Down by the lake
we were over-turning pebbles
and depending all the animals alike
And I took a drag
from your cigarette and pinched it ‘tween my finger and my thumb to let it die
And the sun burned low
on the radio
Say that you will
say you will or will you won’t or you whatever you prevaricate your whole life, don’t you?
And this much I can say
I would have waited ‘till the oceans
fell away and all the sunken cities would reveal themselves to you
But you won’t will you?
Because you never do
And the sun burned through
sweet as honeydew
And I,
seventeen and terminally vain
Letras de cancioneswell I wrote it down and threw it all away
never gave a thought to what I made
And you,
silver-lined reclining in your cue
you tattered me you tethered me
you… The things you would, the things you would do
to tell the truth I never had a clue
Now we arise
to curse these young suburban villains and their ill-begotten children from the lawn
Come to me now
and on this station wagon window set the ghosts of your two footprints that they might haunt me when you’re gone
And when the light grows dawn
you were forever gone
But I remember you
you were full…
you were full and sweet as honeydew
And I,
seventeen and terminally vain
well I wrote it down and threw it all away
never gave a through to what I paid
And you
all silver-lined reclining in your cue
you tattered me you tethered me
you… The thing you would, the things you would do
you notice now I never had a clue
Never had a clue
You’re full and sweet as honeydew
You’re full and sweet as honeydew
(Thanks to Tim Arment for these lyrics)
From Letras Mania