Severed - The Decemberists

Soft decay Soft decay Soft decay Soft decay I've been losing everything, yeah I can't keep a fuckin' thing, yeah Do the money, do the fame It seems like that controls this thing Guess my head just left the buildin' Like out the window, missed the ceiling I cannot explain this feelin' I never learned to speak Brazilian Now I'm stuck, my body left me bleedin' Roll the train, it's passin' fast, it's speedin' outside My body gone, I don't need the soul, ay Just took another breather, so, ay Found on my torso I mean my neck go, but where do my heart go? I mean my leg go but where do my mind go? I guess I only gotta go when the body go Geronimo (stay a little longer) Paradise has mountains that take a lifetime To climb in dreams, I fly above them I'm haunted by what I saw last night On angelic highways waiting in the darkness I'm on a speeding train I stick my head out of the carriage window My cheeks inflate, my eyes become watery Whoosh, my head is severed Will you stay a little longer? Condensation makes pathways down a window pane I don't really wanna watch you drive away What do you say? Maybe you could stay for another day Oh, baby, wait What exactly did the doctor say? I've been grinding teeth awake in bed And my achin' head, how could love suddenly be dead? We could swallow bread, hunger is not easily fed I've been waitin' for sleep to come I've been breathin' through these aching lungs I keep wakin' up This is worse than ever breakin' up If your time is up, how much more before mine is up? Yeah, uh The roundabout, the vibe is nice We all will die Yeah, I mean the roundabout Our life is nice, we all gon' die, right? Oh, the roundabout, the vibe is nice We all will die, yeah I mean the whole roundabout Our life is nice, we all gon' die, yeah

River run And brother row And the ease between us, The calm below The rings, these twisted things cast off in the arms of those long low aways The lights, the river's striped, and will we not belong to those long low and lazy Surround us Oh, drown us A wailing whine, a Wendigo A waltzing night, oh bending road Me, I couldn't sleep, caught in some long that would seem to all but all the song But here, we river swim to wash away the light that seems to all but all be found Surround me Oh, drown me

O Philomena You in a tawdry gown Lean to your window Let slip a ribbon down A cure to your boredom If only you'd let me go down Down down Long summer days Can lead to lazy vices Boys all at idle Left to their own devices Open up your linen lap And let me go down Down down All that I wanted in the world Was just to live to see a naked girl But I found I quickly bored I wanted more I wanted more So I'll be your candle I'll be your statuette. I'll be your lashing Loop of leatherette O Philomena if only You'd let me go down. Down down All that I wanted in the world Was just to live to see a naked girl But I found I quickly bored I wanted more Oh so much more So I'll be your candle I'll be your statuette. I'll be your lashing Loop of leatherette O Philomena if only You'd let me go down. Down down Go down down down Go down Go down

So we already wrecked the rental car And I've already lost my way But feet entombed in this tourist bar For today, anyway So lay me down on the cobblestone And unfurl this aching [?] The streets are built on ancient bones And the crib of the rest Won't the mistral Blow it all away? Won't the mistral Blow away? Won't the mistral Blow it all away? Won't it blow, won't it blow, won't it blow So it's me and you and the baby boy And a ford to share the weight Breaking out a little joy Blown aways, back to space Won't the mistral Blow it all away? Won't the mistral Blow away? Won't the mistral Blow it all away? Won't it blow, won't it blow, won't it blow Won't the mistral Blow it all away? Won't the mistral Blow away? Won't the mistral Blow it all away? Won't it blow, won't it blow, won't it blow Won't the mistral Blow it all away? Won't the mistral Blow away?