Phil Elverum - Lost Wisdom lyrics

I got close enough to the river that I couldn't hear the trucks But not close enough to stop the roaring of my mind These rocks don't care if I live or die Everyone I know will finally turn away I will confuse and disinterest all posterity Lost wisdom Is a quiet echo Lost wisdom By the edge of the stream at dusk Is a quiet echo on loud wind With one hand in the water running cold and clear Fog obliterates the morning and I don't know where I am The heart is pounding and you are always on my mind Lost wisdom Is a quiet echo Lost wisdom A boulder under the house I used to know you Now I don't The screaming wind said my name I think significant and dark My lost face in the mirror at the gas station Who are you but my face that I wake up with alone Lost wisdom Approaching shape in the low light You thought you knew me You thought our house was home I thought I knew myself I thought my heart was calm Thunder lightning Tidal wave The wind blew down the door Lost wisdom The river goes through the room I saw your picture out of nowhere And forgot what I was doing Everything vanished in your eclipse A constellation of moments comes to life in the void Lost wisdom Face down under the moss Enraptured by the beautiful face in the billowing flames I open the front and back door and let the wind blow through And I stood in the house and tried to hold the breeze Lost wisdom Waking up in a pile of ash Secret knowledge Comes to me in the dusk Showed me the river I saw me