Okkervil River - We Need A Myth lyrics

We need a myth We need an amethyst bridge We need a high hanging cliff Jump, fall and lift We can make it But we need a myth We need a path through the mist Like in our beds, we were just kids Like what was said by our parents A myth Guess what we're after is just this A myth Guess what we're after is just this We need a myth I feel my heart's like a fist Words spilling out of the blessed lips Of any prophet or goddess I need a myth Brought back to life by a kiss Hey, scrape away grey cement And show me the world as it was again As it was in a myth Red ribbon to reconnect The lady's head to her neck And to forget that her throat was ever slit Guess what we're after is just this It's a myth Guess what we're after is just this Oh, and I'm sick of all the picture books that try To steal some old reflection for their light But desperate measure points to desperate times And that's why We need a myth We're cut adrift And we need a ma** uplift The world is trembling and weeping Just at the point of believing In a myth The sun that shines on my head The moon that lights me to bed Were two identical twins Inside of a myth I heard the voice of a friend On Lethe's banks, wading in And he said, "Well, before I forget..." We need a myth And as we lean in to kiss To get two nails through the wrist To get covered in blood To get covered in spit And to forgive If all we're taught is a trick Why would this feeling persist? And with the truth closing in I must insist We need a myth