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Okkervil River
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Lost Coastlines
Lyricist:Will Robinson Sheff
Packed and all eyes turned in No one to see on the quay, no one waving for me Just the shoreline receding Ticket in my hand and thinking wish I didn't hand it in
'Cause who said sailing is fine? Leaving behind all the faces that I might replace If I tried on that long ride looking deep inside But I don't want to look so deep inside yet
Sit down, sit down on the prow to wave by There might not be another star, further on the line Look out, look out at each town that glides by And there's another crowd to drown in crying eyes
And see how that light you love now just won't shine There might just be another star That's high and far in some other sky
We sing, is that marionette real enough yet To step off of that set? You decide what her dance might mean to it Find more lyrics at ※ Mojim.com Ruining the place where the ensuing melee escape
We packed up all of our bags The ship's deck now sags from the weight of our tracks As we pace beneath flags black and battered Rattling our swords in service of some fated, foreign Lord
And we sail out on orders from him But we find the maps he sent to us don't mention lost coastlines Where nothing we've actually seen has been mapped or outlined But we don't recognize the names upon these signs
And every night finds us rocking and rolling On waves wild and wide Well, we have lost our way, nobody's gonna say it outright Just go la, la, la
La, la, la La, la, la La, la, la ...
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