Let’s go back up to your house,
And take our clothes off,
and just push and pull ourselves
until we’re deep inside of sleep.
And with your body next to me,
its sleepy sighing
sounds like waves upon a sea
too far to reach.
— Okkervil River - “Sea Too Far to Reach”
When I fell
on the concrete
it was lovely,
because you could see
what’s been running
so hot in me.
But when I fell
on the concrete,
you went white as
a sheet
and wished that nothing
in this world
would ever hurt me.
Well, keep wishing.
— Okkervil River - “Maine Island Lovers”
I know it’s coming down,
and see it shattering me
- it doesn’t matter to me,
and I’m not sadder for
seeing it come.
I’m not going to run.
I will just come
when I am called.
You want to cut me off
because I took too much,
but don’t leave me alone
Take off your scarves,
your winter coat.
The night’s too cold.
— Okkervil River - “It Ends With a Fall”
I want you to love me
Or I want you long gone
— Okkervil River, “On Tour with Zykos”
You damn your own soul better than I ever could.
— Leslie Marmon Silco (Ceremony)