Down On The Knuckle lyrics - The Decemberists
Avery said he's got a cold coming on
Climbed into bed, stayed all summer long
If I don't come out too soon
Maybe I'll hang on till June
Down on the knuckle
Sylvia knows a little hideaway
Scrawling out prose she couldn't give away
A life spent all indoors
Well, isn't that what doors are for?
Down on the knuckle
Down on the knuckle
Oh, the weather's dreary
Here down on the knuckle
Your relatives write their cheery monologues
Hoping you might find your only analogue
So make another list
Of the mandatory things you've missed
Down on the knuckle
Down on the knuckle
Oh, aren't we lucky
Stuck here on the knuckle
The pillory's full for the holidays
And it's achingly dull to watch the paint peel away
So I'll keep hid with mine
And I'm sure that we'll make out just fine
Down on the knuckle
Down on the knuckle
I'm finally riding
Shiny, on the knuckle
Down on the knuckle
Oh, aren't we lucky
Stuck here on the knuckle
Climbed into bed, stayed all summer long
If I don't come out too soon
Maybe I'll hang on till June
Down on the knuckle
Sylvia knows a little hideaway
Scrawling out prose she couldn't give away
A life spent all indoors
Well, isn't that what doors are for?
Down on the knuckle
Down on the knuckle
Oh, the weather's dreary
Here down on the knuckle
Your relatives write their cheery monologues
Hoping you might find your only analogue
So make another list
Of the mandatory things you've missed
Down on the knuckle
Down on the knuckle
Oh, aren't we lucky
Stuck here on the knuckle
The pillory's full for the holidays
And it's achingly dull to watch the paint peel away
So I'll keep hid with mine
And I'm sure that we'll make out just fine
Down on the knuckle
Down on the knuckle
I'm finally riding
Shiny, on the knuckle
Down on the knuckle
Oh, aren't we lucky
Stuck here on the knuckle
I Will Not Say Your Name lyrics - The Decemberists
I will not say your name
Go back from where you came
Hope you enjoy your stay
We will not go away
Go away
Your time's gonna come
You plate your world in gold
To hide the rot of your soul
Yours is the mind of a child
All that you touch, you defile
You defile
Your time's gonna come
And when it comes
And when it comes
Oh, what a happy day
I will not say your name
Go back from where you came
Hope you enjoy your stay
We will not go away
Go away
Your time's gonna come
And when it comes
And when it comes
Oh, what a happy day
Oh, what a happy day!
Oh, what a happy day!
Go back from where you came
Hope you enjoy your stay
We will not go away
Go away
Your time's gonna come
You plate your world in gold
To hide the rot of your soul
Yours is the mind of a child
All that you touch, you defile
You defile
Your time's gonna come
And when it comes
And when it comes
Oh, what a happy day
I will not say your name
Go back from where you came
Hope you enjoy your stay
We will not go away
Go away
Your time's gonna come
And when it comes
And when it comes
Oh, what a happy day
Oh, what a happy day!
Oh, what a happy day!
Tripping Along (Full Band Version) lyrics - The Decemberists
We were tripping tripping tripping tripping, tripping along
While you're orbiting, might I?
While you're orbiting, might I?
Lick you sticky sticky sticky sticky, sticky and sweet
They're all turning a blind eye
They're all turning a blind eye
But oh what I'd do just to lie with you die in your arms
What wouldn't I give just to live with that sense of alarm?
But your relatives gathered all clamber about for your mind
And they're tearing and swearing to leave you all naked and blind
So we keep a-ripping ripping ripping ripping, rips in the sheets
'Till it's all coming undone
'Till it's all coming undone
And we're drippy drippy drippy drippy, what messes are we?
And I'm due for a line out
And I'm due for a light out
But just as I'm cusping on slumber and dumbing my eyes
What spin-twisting vision comes listing and gently alights?
And bothering toddles all over this beautiful light
This fickle young sister's away in the dimming of night
La de da de da de da da da...
While you're orbiting, might I?
While you're orbiting, might I?
Lick you sticky sticky sticky sticky, sticky and sweet
They're all turning a blind eye
They're all turning a blind eye
But oh what I'd do just to lie with you die in your arms
What wouldn't I give just to live with that sense of alarm?
But your relatives gathered all clamber about for your mind
And they're tearing and swearing to leave you all naked and blind
So we keep a-ripping ripping ripping ripping, rips in the sheets
'Till it's all coming undone
'Till it's all coming undone
And we're drippy drippy drippy drippy, what messes are we?
And I'm due for a line out
And I'm due for a light out
But just as I'm cusping on slumber and dumbing my eyes
What spin-twisting vision comes listing and gently alights?
And bothering toddles all over this beautiful light
This fickle young sister's away in the dimming of night
La de da de da de da da da...
Midlist Author lyrics - The Decemberists
I fell upon a Tuesday
When I had just got down to work
And everything went grey
So I caught a bus Wednesday
Thought a vacation well deserved
And all my edges frayed
Address your letters to:
Midlist author (midlist author)
You're never the best but you're never the worst
Why even bother (even bother)
You'll never be last but you'll never be first
Have another taste of fame
When they mispronounce your name
When they mispronounce your name
Strolled along the seaside
Among all the vulgar cheering crowds
And a boy cries for his dog
Stolen by a riptide (stolen by a riptide)
His mother explains he's surely drowned
As he weeps upon a log
And all my readers sing, oh
Midlist author (midlist author)
You're never the best but you're never the worst
Why even bother (even bother)
You'll never be last but you'll never be first
Maybe one more glass of wine
Will make everything seem fine
Maybe everything will seem fine
And nobody's taking chances
Oh, but those, all those dwindling advances
Get you down
They get you down...
Shuffling homeward
I checked the receiver on the phone
No messages returned
So I started up a new thing (started up a new thing)
Something about the sea, a boy, and his dog
And these were the first words:
"Dedication TK"
Oh, midlist author (midlist author)
You're never the best but you're never the worst
Why even bother (even bother)
You'll never be last but you'll never be first
Maybe novel twenty-two
Will make them all remember you
When I had just got down to work
And everything went grey
So I caught a bus Wednesday
Thought a vacation well deserved
And all my edges frayed
Address your letters to:
Midlist author (midlist author)
You're never the best but you're never the worst
Why even bother (even bother)
You'll never be last but you'll never be first
Have another taste of fame
When they mispronounce your name
When they mispronounce your name
Strolled along the seaside
Among all the vulgar cheering crowds
And a boy cries for his dog
Stolen by a riptide (stolen by a riptide)
His mother explains he's surely drowned
As he weeps upon a log
And all my readers sing, oh
Midlist author (midlist author)
You're never the best but you're never the worst
Why even bother (even bother)
You'll never be last but you'll never be first
Maybe one more glass of wine
Will make everything seem fine
Maybe everything will seem fine
And nobody's taking chances
Oh, but those, all those dwindling advances
Get you down
They get you down...
Shuffling homeward
I checked the receiver on the phone
No messages returned
So I started up a new thing (started up a new thing)
Something about the sea, a boy, and his dog
And these were the first words:
"Dedication TK"
Oh, midlist author (midlist author)
You're never the best but you're never the worst
Why even bother (even bother)
You'll never be last but you'll never be first
Maybe novel twenty-two
Will make them all remember you
Traveling On lyrics - The Decemberists
Boys in blazers
Union labor
The last on the life boat to get on
Leering drivers
Weary lifers
And I wanna know is when we go on
'Cause we're traveling on
Sold for a song
We're traveling on
And it won't be long
'Til we're traveling on
Street-side smokers
Holy rollers
Find me a toilet to die on
L.A., London
Barely funded
Give me a wheel and I'll ride on, ride on, ride on
'Cause we're traveling on
Sold for a song
We're traveling on
And it won't be long
'Til we're traveling on
We're traveling on
Fawning fanfare
Nearly nowhere
Meet the new dauphin in Duluth
No one knows you
Nations loathe you
Please let me know when I can recuse myself if I choose
But we're traveling on
Sold for a song
We're traveling on
And it won't be long
We're traveling on
Sold for a song
We're traveling on
And it won't be long
'Til we're traveling on
We're traveling on
We're traveling on, on
Union labor
The last on the life boat to get on
Leering drivers
Weary lifers
And I wanna know is when we go on
'Cause we're traveling on
Sold for a song
We're traveling on
And it won't be long
'Til we're traveling on
Street-side smokers
Holy rollers
Find me a toilet to die on
L.A., London
Barely funded
Give me a wheel and I'll ride on, ride on, ride on
'Cause we're traveling on
Sold for a song
We're traveling on
And it won't be long
'Til we're traveling on
We're traveling on
Fawning fanfare
Nearly nowhere
Meet the new dauphin in Duluth
No one knows you
Nations loathe you
Please let me know when I can recuse myself if I choose
But we're traveling on
Sold for a song
We're traveling on
And it won't be long
We're traveling on
Sold for a song
We're traveling on
And it won't be long
'Til we're traveling on
We're traveling on
We're traveling on, on
Once In My Life lyrics - The Decemberists
Oh, for once in my
Oh, for once in my life
Could just something go
Could just something go right?
Oh, for once in my
Oh, for once in my life
Could just something go
Could just something go right?
I've been waiting all my life
I've been waiting all my life
All my life
My life
My life
Oh, for once in my
Oh, for once in my life
Could just something go
Could just something go right?
I've been waiting all my life
I've been waiting all my life
All my life
My life
All my life
All my life
I've been waiting all my life
I've been waiting all my life
All my life
My life
Oh, for once in my
Oh, for once in my life
All my life
All my life
Oh, for once in my
Oh, for once in my life
All my life
All my life
Oh, for once in my
Oh, for once in my life
All my life
All my life
Oh, for once in my
Oh, for once in my life
I could wait for hours
I could wait and never fall down
Never fall down
Never fall down
Lays down
Beside the river
Face down
Beside the river
Oh, for once in my life
Could just something go
Could just something go right?
Oh, for once in my
Oh, for once in my life
Could just something go
Could just something go right?
I've been waiting all my life
I've been waiting all my life
All my life
My life
My life
Oh, for once in my
Oh, for once in my life
Could just something go
Could just something go right?
I've been waiting all my life
I've been waiting all my life
All my life
My life
All my life
All my life
I've been waiting all my life
I've been waiting all my life
All my life
My life
Oh, for once in my
Oh, for once in my life
All my life
All my life
Oh, for once in my
Oh, for once in my life
All my life
All my life
Oh, for once in my
Oh, for once in my life
All my life
All my life
Oh, for once in my
Oh, for once in my life
I could wait for hours
I could wait and never fall down
Never fall down
Never fall down
Lays down
Beside the river
Face down
Beside the river
Cutting Stone lyrics - The Decemberists
Dreamed I had a cutting stone
Dreamed I held it all my own
It cut through wire, wood, and bone
I'll cut you down, my cutting stone
Cutting stone oh fear me none
Whether wild or whether won
Though I travel far from home
I'll always have my cutting stone
Wandering, I chanced upon
A wayward child lost anon
And when he laid across my chest
My cutting stone it did the rest
Cutting stone oh fear me none
Whether wild or whether won
Though I travel far from home
I'll always have my cutting stone
In a valley green and wide
A suitor wept for a dying bride
And when he turned his eyes on me
A cutting stone did set him free
Cutting stone oh fear me none
Whether wild or whether won
Though I travel far from home
I'll always have my cutting stone
Cutting stone oh fear me none
Whether wild or whether won
Though I travel far from home
I'll always have my cutting stone
There upon a mountaintop
I looked down on to what I'd wrought
And when I saw my labors through
I cut my cutting stone in two
Cutting stone oh fear me none
Whether wild or whether won
Though I travel far from home
I'll always have my cutting stone
I'll always have my cutting stone
I'll cut you down, my cutting stone
Dreamed I held it all my own
It cut through wire, wood, and bone
I'll cut you down, my cutting stone
Cutting stone oh fear me none
Whether wild or whether won
Though I travel far from home
I'll always have my cutting stone
Wandering, I chanced upon
A wayward child lost anon
And when he laid across my chest
My cutting stone it did the rest
Cutting stone oh fear me none
Whether wild or whether won
Though I travel far from home
I'll always have my cutting stone
In a valley green and wide
A suitor wept for a dying bride
And when he turned his eyes on me
A cutting stone did set him free
Cutting stone oh fear me none
Whether wild or whether won
Though I travel far from home
I'll always have my cutting stone
Cutting stone oh fear me none
Whether wild or whether won
Though I travel far from home
I'll always have my cutting stone
There upon a mountaintop
I looked down on to what I'd wrought
And when I saw my labors through
I cut my cutting stone in two
Cutting stone oh fear me none
Whether wild or whether won
Though I travel far from home
I'll always have my cutting stone
I'll always have my cutting stone
I'll cut you down, my cutting stone
Severed lyrics - The Decemberists
I alight like a whisper
I alight with the lights out
And it won't take me long just to find you
And it won't take me long just to find you
I'm allied to the winter
So don't you get clever
Don't you get clever
I'm allied to the landslide
Gonna leave you all severed
Gonna leave you all severed
I alone am the answer
I alone will make wrongs right
But in order to root out the cancer
It's got to be kept from the sunlight
I'm allied to the winter
So don't you get clever
Don't you get clever
I'm allied to the landslide
Gonna leave you all severed
Gonna leave you all severed
I was born to a jackal
I was born in a whiteout
Gonna smother you all till I choke you
Gonna smother you all till you kick out
I'm allied to the winter
So don't you get clever
Don't you get clever
I'm allied to the landslide
Gonna leave you all severed
Gonna leave you all severed
I alight with the lights out
And it won't take me long just to find you
And it won't take me long just to find you
I'm allied to the winter
So don't you get clever
Don't you get clever
I'm allied to the landslide
Gonna leave you all severed
Gonna leave you all severed
I alone am the answer
I alone will make wrongs right
But in order to root out the cancer
It's got to be kept from the sunlight
I'm allied to the winter
So don't you get clever
Don't you get clever
I'm allied to the landslide
Gonna leave you all severed
Gonna leave you all severed
I was born to a jackal
I was born in a whiteout
Gonna smother you all till I choke you
Gonna smother you all till you kick out
I'm allied to the winter
So don't you get clever
Don't you get clever
I'm allied to the landslide
Gonna leave you all severed
Gonna leave you all severed
Starwatcher lyrics - The Decemberists
Starwatcher, starwatcher in the night
Starwatcher, starwatcher bend the light
There's a rider on the road
There's calamity a-waiting to unfold
There is poison in the well
There's the augur of a distant ringing bell
It says: hold, hold, hold your ground
Skywatcher, skywatcher rules the day
Skywatcher, skywatcher cruel and fey
There are figures on the shore
At the laundromat, they're whispering of war
There's a lady on the stair
All a-shambling with thistles in her hair
Singing: hold, hold, hold your ground
Hold, hold, hold your ground
Starwatcher, starwatcher in the night
Starwatcher, starwatcher bend the light
There's a rider on the road
There's calamity a-waiting to unfold
There is poison in the well
There's the augur of a distant ringing bell
It says: hold, hold, hold your ground
Skywatcher, skywatcher rules the day
Skywatcher, skywatcher cruel and fey
There are figures on the shore
At the laundromat, they're whispering of war
There's a lady on the stair
All a-shambling with thistles in her hair
Singing: hold, hold, hold your ground
Hold, hold, hold your ground
Starwatcher, starwatcher in the night
Tripping Along lyrics - The Decemberists
We were tripping tripping tripping tripping tripping along
While you're orbiting, might I?
While you're orbiting, might I?
Lick you sticky sticky sticky sticky sticky and sweep
They're all turning a blind eye
They're all turning a blind eye
But oh what I'd do just to lie with you die in your arms
What wouldn't I give just to live with that sense of alarm?
But your relatives gathered all clamber about for your mind
And they're tearing and swearing to leave you all naked and blind
So we keep a-ripping ripping ripping ripping rips in the sheets
'Till it's all coming undone
'Till it's all coming undone
And we're drippy drippy drippy drippy, what messes are we?
And I'm due for a line out
And I'm due for a light out
But just as I'm cusping on slumber and dumbing my eyes
What spin-twisting vision comes listing and jelly alike?
And bothering toddles all over this beautiful light
This fickle young sister's away in the dimming of night
La de da de da de da da da
Da de da de da de da da da
Da de da de da de da da da
Da de da de da de da da da
Da de da de da de da da da
Da de da de da de da da da
Da de da de da de da da da da
While you're orbiting, might I?
While you're orbiting, might I?
Lick you sticky sticky sticky sticky sticky and sweep
They're all turning a blind eye
They're all turning a blind eye
But oh what I'd do just to lie with you die in your arms
What wouldn't I give just to live with that sense of alarm?
But your relatives gathered all clamber about for your mind
And they're tearing and swearing to leave you all naked and blind
So we keep a-ripping ripping ripping ripping rips in the sheets
'Till it's all coming undone
'Till it's all coming undone
And we're drippy drippy drippy drippy, what messes are we?
And I'm due for a line out
And I'm due for a light out
But just as I'm cusping on slumber and dumbing my eyes
What spin-twisting vision comes listing and jelly alike?
And bothering toddles all over this beautiful light
This fickle young sister's away in the dimming of night
La de da de da de da da da
Da de da de da de da da da
Da de da de da de da da da
Da de da de da de da da da
Da de da de da de da da da
Da de da de da de da da da
Da de da de da de da da da da
Your Ghost lyrics - The Decemberists
Along the old sea wall
Inside the banquet hall
Below the cellar's stair, maybe you'll find me there
Your ghost, oh your ghost
Your ghost
And when you take your rest
My weight upon your breast
And should you close your eyes
I'll still materialize
Your ghost, oh your ghost
Your ghost
Na na na na na
Na na na na na
And at your final end
When you are free again
No longer long to be
You will be belong to me
Your ghost, oh your ghost
Oh your ghost, oh your ghost
Na na na na na
Na na na na na
Na na na na na
Na na na na na
Na na na na na na
Na na na na na na
Na na na na na na
Na na na na na na
Your ghost, oh your ghost
Ghost
Na na na na na
Na na na na na
Inside the banquet hall
Below the cellar's stair, maybe you'll find me there
Your ghost, oh your ghost
Your ghost
And when you take your rest
My weight upon your breast
And should you close your eyes
I'll still materialize
Your ghost, oh your ghost
Your ghost
Na na na na na
Na na na na na
And at your final end
When you are free again
No longer long to be
You will be belong to me
Your ghost, oh your ghost
Oh your ghost, oh your ghost
Na na na na na
Na na na na na
Na na na na na
Na na na na na
Na na na na na na
Na na na na na na
Na na na na na na
Na na na na na na
Your ghost, oh your ghost
Ghost
Na na na na na
Na na na na na
Everything Is Awful lyrics - The Decemberists
Everything, everything, everything, everything, everything, thing
Everything, everything, everything, everything, everything is awful
Everything, everything, everything, everything, everything, thing
Everything, everything, everything, everything, everything is awful
Everything is awful, everything is...
What's that crashing sound
That follows us around?
That's the sound of all things good breaking
We'll put your fears to rest
You know it's for the best
As a choir of angels sing:
Everything, everything, everything, everything, everything, thing
Everything, everything, everything, everything, everything is awful
Everything, everything, everything, everything, everything, thing
Everything, everything, everything, everything, everything is awful
Everything is awful, everything is...
I know you've worked so hard
To hoist your own petard
Must be so nice; the point stuck in your side
Hang your heavy head
It's safer here in bed
As a choir of angels sing:
Everything, everything, everything, everything, everything, thing
Everything, everything, everything, everything, everything is awful
Everything, everything, everything, everything, everything, thing
Everything, everything, everything, everything, everything is awful
Everything is awful, everything is bad
(La la la la
La la la la)
Everything is...
(La la la la
La la la la)
Everything is...
(La la la la
La la la la)
Everything is...
(La la la la
La la la la)
Everything is...
Wake me from my sleep
Could you kindly keep it down?
Could you kindly keep it down, down?
You'll wake me from my sleep
Could you kindly keep it down?
Could you kindly keep it down, down?
Everything, everything, everything, everything, everything is awful
Everything, everything, everything, everything, everything, thing
Everything, everything, everything, everything, everything is awful
Everything is awful, everything is...
What's that crashing sound
That follows us around?
That's the sound of all things good breaking
We'll put your fears to rest
You know it's for the best
As a choir of angels sing:
Everything, everything, everything, everything, everything, thing
Everything, everything, everything, everything, everything is awful
Everything, everything, everything, everything, everything, thing
Everything, everything, everything, everything, everything is awful
Everything is awful, everything is...
I know you've worked so hard
To hoist your own petard
Must be so nice; the point stuck in your side
Hang your heavy head
It's safer here in bed
As a choir of angels sing:
Everything, everything, everything, everything, everything, thing
Everything, everything, everything, everything, everything is awful
Everything, everything, everything, everything, everything, thing
Everything, everything, everything, everything, everything is awful
Everything is awful, everything is bad
(La la la la
La la la la)
Everything is...
(La la la la
La la la la)
Everything is...
(La la la la
La la la la)
Everything is...
(La la la la
La la la la)
Everything is...
Wake me from my sleep
Could you kindly keep it down?
Could you kindly keep it down, down?
You'll wake me from my sleep
Could you kindly keep it down?
Could you kindly keep it down, down?
Sucker's Prayer lyrics - The Decemberists
I was not ready for the road
I was so discontent to wear that heavy load
So I got down on my knees
Made a sucker's prayer
Like Rimbaud to Baudelaire before
And when nobody did respond
I took my glasses off and went to find a pond
Stuffing rocks into the pockets of my pants
And when I waded in
Those currents carried them away
I wanna love somebody but I don't know how
I've been so long lonely and it's getting me down
I wanna throw my body in the river and drown
I wanna love somebody but I don't know how
So if you're lost along the way
And if you're thinking that will always be the case
Won't you listen to my plea?
Don't make a sucker's prayer
Just go and leave it there, away
I wanna love somebody but I don't know how
I've been so long lonely and it's getting me down
I wanna throw my body in the river and drown
I wanna love somebody but I don't know how
I wanna love somebody but I don't know how
I was so discontent to wear that heavy load
So I got down on my knees
Made a sucker's prayer
Like Rimbaud to Baudelaire before
And when nobody did respond
I took my glasses off and went to find a pond
Stuffing rocks into the pockets of my pants
And when I waded in
Those currents carried them away
I wanna love somebody but I don't know how
I've been so long lonely and it's getting me down
I wanna throw my body in the river and drown
I wanna love somebody but I don't know how
So if you're lost along the way
And if you're thinking that will always be the case
Won't you listen to my plea?
Don't make a sucker's prayer
Just go and leave it there, away
I wanna love somebody but I don't know how
I've been so long lonely and it's getting me down
I wanna throw my body in the river and drown
I wanna love somebody but I don't know how
I wanna love somebody but I don't know how
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