Phil Elverum - November 22nd 2003, 4:45 PM lyrics

I walked down off the trail Onto the wet leaves And rotting wood Under mossy branches And stood listening An airplane came from the west The sound of a house's door Teenage girls from the north Faintly in the almost black light A tiny bird fell from nowhere Onto the wet leaves And sang at my feet And the owls were loud On all sides of me They gave voice To Mount Eerie The dark unknown wild Beautiful dark dark Little bird in the leaves Fluttered and flew off When I moved my leg It flew off chirping Through the dark forest Turned around, my brother had left The airplane circled around to the east The door closed And the pregnant house Just through the trees With its fire and music Was afloat on the wide black ocean Made by the owls that coo in the night And the mountain moved through the trees With night vision With long eyes With a ghost With a dark voice "What do you want?" "What do you want?" I'm not telling "What do you want?" I can't say it "What do you want?" Do not be afraid The war of the worlds that's gonna come Do not be afraid Your whole body Do not be afraid The dark night on the unlit trail Do not be afraid There's nothing to do You can't get away