Joanna Newsom - Occident lyrics

Mercy me, the night is long Take my pen, to write you this song Lord, is it harder to carry on Or to know when you are done? All my life, I've felt as though I'm inside a beautiful memory Replaying with the sound turned down low Long-life, show your face Slow-heart, curb your taste Smoke me out of my hiding place Long-life, state your case What in the world are we waiting for? Building glowing cities along the shore Where the wind batters in, baiting my kin like a matador So much value, placed upon What lies just beyond our plans Waving my handkerchief, running along till the end of the sand Long-life, speak your name I'm so tired of the guessing game But, something is moving just out of frame Slow-heart, brace and aim Breaching slowly, across the sea One mast flash like the stinger of a bee To take you away a swarming fleet is gonna take you from me The universe is getting loose Sodden spread from some leaden disuse Rushing, unhinged toward diminishing lights like a headless caboose I'll wait for you alongside the ocean And make do with my no-skin But then, long-life, will you let me in? And then, slow-heart, are you gonna know him? Long-life, speak your name I wait, while I decry the wait And when I die, may I relate Slow-heart, congregate To leave your home, and your family For some distortion of property? Well, darling, I can't go but you may stay here with me