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Okkervil River - The War Criminal Rises and Speaks. I do not owe any rights to this song. I just couldnt find it anywhere in studio version and i think this is one of the best songs ever written so it needs to be shared. By the album!

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The heart wants to feel.

The heart wants to hold.

The heart takes past Subway,

past Stop and Shop,

past Beal's,

and calls it "coming home."

The heart wants a trail

away from "alone,"

so the heart turns a sale

into a well-worn milestone

towards hard-won soft furniture,

fought-for fast food,

defended end table that

holds paperbacks and back U.S. News.

The mind turns an itch

into a bruise,

and the hands start to twitch

when they're feeling ill-used.

And you're almost back now,

you can see by the signs;

from the bank you tell the temperature

and then the time,

and the billboard reads some headlines.

The head wants to turn,

to avert both its eyes,

but the mind wants to learn

of some truth that might be

inside reported crimes.

So they found a lieutenant

who killed a village of kids.

After finishing off the wives,

he wiped off his knife

and that's what he did.

And they're not claiming that

there's any excusing it;

that was thirty years back,

and they just get paid for the facts

the way they got them in.

Now he's rising and not denying.

His hands are shaking, but he's not crying.

And he's saying "How did I climb

out of a life so boring into that moment?

Please stop ignoring the heart inside,

oh you readers at home!

While you gasp at my bloody crimes,

please take the time

to make your heart my home:

where I'm forgiven by time,

where I'm cushioned by hope,

where I'm numbed by long drives,

where I'm talked off or doped.

Does the heart wants to atone?

Oh, I believe that it's so,

because if I could climb back through time,

I'd restore their lives and then give back my own:

tens of times now its size

on a far distant road

in a far distant time

where every night I'm still crying,

entirely alone."

But the news today always fades away as you drive by,

until at dinnertime when you look into her eyes,

lit by evening sun - that, as usual, comes

from above that straight, unbroken line,

the horizon

- its rising

is a given,

just like your living.

Your heart's warm and kind.

Your mind is your own.

Our blood-spattered criminal

is inscrutable;

don't worry, he won't

rise up behind your eyes

and take wild control.

He's not of this time,

he fell out of a hole.

Комментарии

9 years назад

gage lamb

This track in particular sounds a lot like The Smiths

9 years назад

Paul Garrison

I am fairly certain the opening lines are inspired by a drive past the once and former North Cross Mall on Burnet Rd. here in Austin. 

9 years назад

Dru Healey

knock. it. out. the. park. way to go young buck, way to go

9 years назад

Lorenzo Logu

Quote: definitely the most Okkervil River underrated song.

9 years назад

mistery171

Can't believe how good the lyrics are

9 years назад

Do It Now! vidoe's yeah!

I do not see their first single anywhere in the Okkervill stuff. Should I figure out how to post it here? It is a cover of"OMie Wise' with the conversion of Saul... It is not as good as their output after this but for histprical reasons Will put it out when he started the band.

9 years назад

Julián Linares

It saddens me that so many humans will never get to experience this song and its sublime lyrics.

10 years назад

Eleonora sara Gennari

Ti voglio bene, A.E.

10 years назад

SHIPLEYC

When he says , "now hes rising and not denying, his hands are shaking but hes not crying" I get chills every time. You can feel the emotion not only in the lyrics but the tone of his voice and general progression of the song. Amazing tune for sure.

10 years назад

scabbarae

It's a song about denial. We like to run from the hard questions, instead taking shelter in terms of black and white. Thinking too hard about those hard questions makes our normal lives seem stale and meaningless when all we do is bury our insecurities in furniture and fast food.

11 years назад

Marco Vecchi

Piuttosto inarrivabile.

11 years назад

Einat Daniel

Will Sheff reminds me Roger Waters in this genius song !

11 years назад

Timoteimar

similar songs?

11 years назад

MrNathanialVictor

We all hurt. He knows how to express it. To bring a tear to our eyes. Cause we know its true. But that's not the end.

11 years назад

steadadam

the best thing about liking this sort of music is that it isn't plastered with adverts the way R&B rubbish is

11 years назад

NoRegretsForOurYouth

It's a masterpiece!

11 years назад

RamaDrama06

they kind of remind me of Snow Patrol.

12 years назад

letmemakeafuckingque

Does anyone else hear a Tardis sound at 3:22?

12 years назад

blue1297

reading the news

12 years назад

William Roby

Nobody hurts like Will Sheff hurts.

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