Song information On this page you can find the lyrics of the song Occident, artist - Joanna Newsom. Date of issue: 22.02.2010
Song language: English
Occident |
| Mercy me, the night is long |
| Take my pen, to write you this song |
| Lord, is it harder to carry on |
| Or to know when you are done? |
| All my life, I’ve felt as though |
| I’m inside a beautiful memory |
| Replaying with the sound turned down low |
| Long-life, show your face |
| Slow-heart, curb your taste |
| Smoke me out of my hiding place |
| Long-life, state your case |
| What in the world are we waiting for? |
| Building glowing cities along the shore |
| Where the wind batters in, baiting my kin like a matador |
| So much value, placed upon |
| What lies just beyond our plans |
| Waving my handkerchief, running along till the end of the sand |
| Long-life, speak your name |
| I’m so tired of the guessing game |
| But, something is moving just out of frame |
| Slow-heart, brace and aim |
| Breaching slowly, across the sea |
| One mast flash like the stinger of a bee |
| To take you away a swarming fleet is gonna take you from me |
| The universe is getting loose |
| Sodden spread from some leaden disuse |
| Rushing, unhinged toward diminishing lights like a headless caboose |
| I’ll wait for you alongside the ocean |
| And make do with my no-skin |
| But then, long-life, will you let me in? |
| And then, slow-heart, are you gonna know him? |
| Long-life, speak your name |
| I wait, while I decry the wait |
| And when I die, may I relate |
| Slow-heart, congregate |
| To leave your home, and your family |
| For some distortion of property? |
| Well, darling, I can’t go but you may stay here with me |