Local Natives Album

Oh some evil spirit,
Oh some evil this way comes.
They told me how they fear it,
Now they're placing it on their tongues.

Oh to see it with my own eyes.
Oh to see it with my own eyes.

No food or water,
For the better part of ten months.
Quietly he sat,
Beneath the folds of a tree trunk.

Oh to see it with my own eyes.
Oh to see it with my own eyes.

All the men of faith,
And men of science, have their questions.
Could it ever be on Earth,
as it is in heaven?

Oh to see it with my own eyes.
Oh to see it with my own eyes.

The desk where you sit inside of a
frame made of, made of, of wood
I keep those chopsticks you had from when
you taught abroad, taught abroad, in Japan

I love it all so much
I call
I want you back, back, back
You back

I did not know you as well
as my father, father knew you
Every question you took the
time to sit and look it up,
look it up in the encyclopedia

I love it all
So much I call
I want you back, back, back
You back

I love it all
So much I call
I want you back, back, back
You back

Da da daaa ay

It sounds like we
would of had a great deal to say, to say
to each other
I bet when I leave
my body for the sky the wait,
the wait will be worth it

I love it all
So much I call
I want you back, back, back
You back

I love it all
So much I call
I want you back, back, back
You back

I climbed to the top of a hill
But i had just missed the sun
And although the descending arc was gone
Left behind were the traces that always follow along

The most beautiful colors chase the sun
They wrap her trail in a taunting gesture
That seems to sing out loud,
"this is what you're missing"

I'll endure the night
For the promise of light

I want to lift my hands towards the sun
Show me warmth
Baby, won't you show me warmth again?
And when i can feel with my sun hands
I'll promise not to lose her again
And even if the morning never comes
My hands are blessed to have touched the sun

And when i can feel with my sun hands
I promise not to lose her again

The lane next over is always faster
And you wait so long until you're so bothered
But right after you complete your merge
The lane you started in gets going
And while you wait for your luck to change
All you can think of is where you started

You don't like anything on local radio
So you fumble around 'til you land on NPR
And listen to world news
Well, a bomb went off in the parking lot
Of a newly opened sunni marketplace
And a cloud covers your car at just the right time
For you to see the dark on your face in the mirror

Your phone goes off with a picture of your mother
It's five to six, and she can't find your brother
And while normally you'd yell and scream,
Instructing her to go and find him on her own
But calmly you're exiting,
And telling her that you are headed on your way home
She does not know what to say,
Just glad you're on your way home
You turn off your phone in a different tone
As you think,
The bad feeling so bad makes the good so good

My king, i'm humbled before you, i bow
Moods like you're pulled by the moonlight, somehow

How is the language we're speaking the same?
Shape shifter have you discovered a change?

Why does the soul hallucinate?
I've got control, i shift my shape

Your eyes, they swell like a riot, deranged
Tomorrow you're laughing like a child again

Why does the soul hallucinate?
I've got control, i shift my shape
If flesh and bone do not contain
The mirrors don't reflect my face

Psycho, you killer, you cancer, my friend
Why don't you give me an answer for when
When you'll let it go

We're running through the aisles
Of the churches still in style
Does this city have a curfew?
Don't you know it's good to see you too

The riders on the chan de lise
We are the tourists in the cafes
We drank our wine along the river
Not believing where we were at all

It's alright, the camera's talking
Oh
And even though I can't be sure
Memory tells me that these times are worth working for

The buffalo in Catalina
The colored stones and troop leaders
The voices of the canopy singers
Ensured that we wouldn't sleep for long

I knew this would be the part
My plane's arrival catches me off guard
We'll all be leaving with a broken heart
Wallets empty and we're back at start

It's alright, the camera is talking
Oh
And even though i can't be sure
Memory tells me that these times are worth working for

The cistern is not even full
The sister is naughty
The cistern is not even

Cards and quarters
Means to ends
Surgeon General warns against
Safe in the knowledge
A short walk back
Punch-line I ruin
But we both laugh
Leaves steeping longer
Knowing glance
Make our appearance
Our minds have gone back home
Brave in her movements
Scared to dance alone
There's a cave made of sheets
And I, I know we want to be inside
Take off all of your clothes and climb
Into a cave of sheets tonight
Steal away
You and me
To a cave made of sheets

(Talking Heads cover)

Warning sign
Warning sign
I hear it, but I pay no mind

Hear my voice
Hear my voice
It's saying something
It's not very nice

Pay attention
Pay attention
I'm talking to you
And I hope you're concentrating

I've got money now
I've got money now
C'mon baby
C'mon baby

Warning sign of things to come
Happened before, it'll happen again

Hear my voice
Move my hair
Move it around a lot
I don't care what I remember

Warning sign
Warning sign
Look at my hair
I like the design

It's the truth
It's the truth
Your glassy eyes
And your open mouth

Take it easy, baby
Take it easy
It's a natural thing
So relax

I've got money now
I've got money now
C'mon baby
C'mon baby

Warning sign of things to come
Love is here, but I guess it's gone now

Warning sign of things to come
Love is here, but I guess it's gone now

Hear my voice
Move my hair
Move it around a lot

i've been going down
down into the river baby
listen to the sound
it's something only god knows
you figure it out, i can't stay
water's in the clouds
is my life about to change?
who knows, who cares

so we took a van down to colorado
where we ran into the dead
i took you by the hand
know that even with your doubts, it's ok
take into account that it's not about to change
who knows, who cares

you could let it down
jump into the river baby
easy as it sounds
it's never quite as easily done
the current has us now, it's ok
take into account that it's all about to change
who knows, who cares

no one's been there
but i don't care
i know all have been there
i don't care
i know

She flew across the sea
We talked on a small screen
A cubism dream
The most beautiful squares i'd ever seen
The canvas was free
A gift good mother gave to me
We joked at how they talked so differently

I will never know what had rot my heart
It just came and went in the dark
I had changed into the certain kind of man
That could break your heart with his own hands

We were to scan our own towns
And make good on what we found
Oh, what a fool i was to think
That i could get by on a smile and a wink
I make a friend, i make you sick
Could you even imagine a kiss?
We spoke of how we talked so differently
I spoke of how i felt so differently

I will never know what had rot my heart
It just came and went in the dark
I had changed into the certain kind of man
That could break your heart with his own hands

So in australia, on halloween
I proved what our love meant to me
The suffering, the struggling
I did it for you
I did it for me

Cold toes, new sheets
Welcomed all the same
We know if we go
It's only temporary

Went away, holiday
Wish they'd linger on
They'll think what they will
We'll stay where we have gone

The glaring lamp's on
Her job is well done
Half asleep, i'm only half won

Old sheets, warm toes
Look away as i leave
New light lays bare
Holds my guilt up to me

I'll toast three cheers
And for work we'll sing
Back to what we do
I've heard stranger things

So turn the lamp off
My wandering eyes stop
Endure the thoughts of
And start where you love

We'll start from where we last left off
The lines that we'll draw
Begin and don't stop
The corners approach
We'll take the best turns
The bends have brought talk
Of what we have learned
Enjoy the chance of
Frozen new grounds
Everything's odd
With beautiful sounds
I've learned to smile
Without a bearing
At least i know i've heard stranger things

Why didn't i say anything until now?
So much is said without a sound
Water so calm, and once so pure
Undisturbed
Standing for so long the color turns
Their work is so hard

We never felt the sticky thread
The spider webs
Their balance in the garden
Their work is so hard