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Sierra Lyrics

In the desert where the cities are made of gold
There's a girl playing hopscotch with pink ribbon pigtails
And her mom calls out from an apartment balcony
"Come on, baby! Your bath is ready! It's almost time for sleep!"
And I wonder who's the father
And I wonder what they call her

Sierra

Does her mother smoke
Or does she jog every morning?
Does she drink when she thinks about me
Or doesn't she need to drink?
Does she have a man who works a nine to five?
Does he come home to kiss our young Sierra
Tuck her in and say goodnight?
(And an extra kiss for mama)
I want that kiss, that kid, that apartment

I'm ready to settle down now
So get that man out of my bed
I want my daughter back now
I want to kiss her, tuck her in and say
"Goodnight, my baby girl, Sierra"

Sierra
Sierra
Sierra
Sierra

I'll never know, know who you are, and I don't deserve to

Sierra
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Sierra

My little girl, we would've been so . . . oh, nevermind

But I'm ready to settle down now
Yeah, I'm ready to leave that wrecking ball behind
I could be your carpenter
And you could be my twinkling north star over the desert sky
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the ugly organ means his penis

Cover art for Sierra lyrics by Cursive

The first time I heard this song it kind of made me uneasy. I'd listen to any other song on the album but I'd skip this one... the grief is so apparent in his voice, and it's really heartbreaking.

as for the carpenter and the north star- it is for sure a reference to Joseph and Jesus. Maybe he saw in her a type of forgiveness that he longed for...

It's a such a haunting song.

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Could this be about a man looking at the family he could have had, rather than wanting his family back. His ex-parter has met someone else, had a child and he is jealous that it should him who his with his ex-partner and him who should be the father of that child I feel that would explain why he knows so little about the daughter described.

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my ex-wife just had me look up these lyrics. i thought it was really cruel...she said she knows it's how i must feel everyday and it's meaningful to me that she considers my feelings about it but it still hurt my feelings. fuck. it's the truth. what can i do?

I think there is only one thing you can do..

Kill the bitch.

Not Valid
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Being named Sierra and having a father who’s not very active in my life but has recently been trying… this song hits twice as hard. He went through a lot too. With family you sometimes just have to forgive and forget.

Positive
Subjective
Sadness
Family Dynamics
Forgiveness
Empathy
Cover art for Sierra lyrics by Cursive

This whole album, The Ugly Organ, is a masterpiece! It's so amazing! Anyways, at first I didn't understand this song, but when I like the lyrics I have to analyze the song. I'm pretty sure I get what it's about...but this whole album is full of stories, so whether it is a story or a personal experience, I can't say...I don't know the band. This song is full of imagery, he describes this perfect place where a girl and her mother live, and then he imagines this whole situation about how the mother is and does she have a man in her life and stuff...and he (the singer) is the father of the girl, Sierra. The mother and Sierra are no longer in his life and he desperately wants them back, but everything is different, and he can't have that...even though he's now realized it's the most important thing to him. Beautiful song.

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i think he's singing about missing out on his daughter and i family life, wishing he could replace who ever his ex has replaced hiim with

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He may be wishing that he could replace the new man, but at the same time he knows he never would actually be able to.... "I'll never know who you are, and i don't deserve to; My little girl, we could have been so....oh nevermind"

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I have two questions: Does Tim Kasher have a daughter? And can anyone tell me how the lyrics to this album got added? I have been trying to figure out a way to add lyrics for about a month before these magically appeared.

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ahhh...if only every father who left his family wanted it back as badly he does...or even at all.