In the silver morning hollow
Trembling and getting old
Smelling burnt oil of heaven
About ten years, too big to hold

She don't get up when I come into the room
She don't run through the fields anymore

Built a fire in the kitchen
Made her bed by a stove
Took a walk to the graveyard
But she didn't want to go

She don't worry all them murders of crows
Even though they was always out of reach

She don't get up when I come into the room
She don't run through the fields anymore


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Morning Hollow Lyrics as written by Mark Linkous

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    In answer to your question, benpoulden, "Morning Hollow" appears on two seperate Sparklehorse albums. As a hidden track at the end of "It's A Wonderful Life" and as track 9 of 12 on 'Dreamt Light Years...". So it does end one album.

    I think the pet idea is a lovely one. Mark Linkous uses animal imagery in the majority of his songs and spoke about the feeling of closeness he had to animals after his accident. It feels like a touching realisation that a pet that has always been a source of comfort is not going to be around for much longer.

    One other thing, and this is not so much a point as just a feeling, but I have just been reading 'Child of God' by Cormac McCarthy - one of Mark Linkous's favourite books, and there is a scene towards the end where Lester Ballard wakes up in a hollow in the ground and sees morning light coming through a crack in the ceiling and he's is just unbelievably pitiful and you know that he is very close to the end. Mark definitely was a huge fan of the book and so the connection feels pretty likely.

    tvdineron March 24, 2013   Link

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