Song information On this page you can find the lyrics of the song Comes Indiana Through the Smoke, artist - Okkervil River.
Date of issue: 08.09.2016
Song language: English
Comes Indiana Through the Smoke |
So does the ink dry out |
So does the singing mouth get sung up |
So does the new headline no longer reach the town |
So does the rosy fire of the horizon fade into dull grey |
While the trees out by the parking lot get greener with the rain |
On a dazzling field of blue |
She comes sailing into view |
All around her engines scream and guns unload |
Comes Indiana through the smoke |
Indiana through the smoke |
But you were bigger than life |
You were giant, you were earth-size |
And now you’re mostly just your mind |
And your dim eyes, and your fractured spine |
And you’re sailing to the great unknown |
But you’ve gotta go alone there |
You can’t even take your childhood bride |
But it’s okay that she’s crying |
With her OS2U fleet |
Anti-aircraft battery |
She is occupied by 1800 souls |
Comes Indiana through the smoke |
Indiana through the smoke |
And this great big buzzing death-hole swells |
At the corner of the carpet |
Nurses going in and out |
Well they all just step around it |
And the room is moving in so close |
As some moment’s coming nearer |
And your story’s coming out so slow |
But I come closer and can hear her |
And she steams out Casco Bay |
Part of Task Force 58 |
And the young men 'board her all are brave and bold |
Comes Indiana through the smoke |
Indiana through the smoke |
She won’t sink or run aground |
She won’t turn back, she won’t back down |
When you find your time to finally let go |
Comes Indiana through the smoke |
Indiana through the smoke |