The Decemberists

This is the story of your red right ankle And how it came to meet your leg And how the muscle bone and sinews tangled And how the skin was softly shed And how it whispered, "Oh, adhere to me for we are bound by symmetry And whatever differences our l

You belong to the gang and you say you can't break away But I'm here with my hands on my heart And our families can't agree, I'm your brother's sworn enemy But I shout out my love to the stars So we'll wait for the stone on your window, your window W

Ramblin' where to begin I taste the summer on your peppery skin Been saved the warmer the waves I felt a slip into a watery grave My girl, linen and curls Lips parting like a flag all unfurled She's grand the bend of her hand Digging deep into the sw

And here I dreamt I was a soldier And I marched the streets of birkenau And I recall in spring The perfume that the air would bring To the indolent town Where the barkers call the moon down The carnival was ringing loudly now And just to lay with you

And under the boughs unbowed All clothed in a snowy shroud She had no heart so hardened All under the boughs unbowed Each feather it fell from skin Till threadbare while she grew thin How were my eyes so blinded? Each feather it fell from skin And I

On a winter's Sunday I go To clear away the snow And green the ground below April all an ocean away Is this the better way to spend the day? Keeping the winter at bay What were the words I meant to say before you left? When I could see your breath le

先一段開場白 .... ..... ....... 再唱歌: Here she comes in her palanquin On the back of an elephant On a bed made of linen and sequins and silk All astride on her father's line With the king and his concubines And her nurse with her pitchers of liquors and mil

Here we come to a turning of the season Witness to the arc towards the sun A neighbor's blessed burden within reason Becomes a burden borne of all and one And nobody, nobody knows Let the yolk fall from our shoulders Don't carry it all, don't carry i