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 lives have been
We together make a limb
This is the story of your red right ankle

This is the story of your gypsy uncle
You never knew 'cause he was dead
And how his face was carved and rift with wrinkles
In the picture in your head

And remember how you found the key
To his hideout in the Pyrenees
But you wanted to keep his secret safe
So you threw the key away
This is the story of your gypsy uncle

This is the story of the boys who loved you
Who love you now and loved you then
And some were sweet, and some were cold and snuffed you
And some just laid around in bed

Some had crumbled you straight to your knees
Did it cruel, did it tenderly
Some had crawled their way into your heart
To rend your ventricles apart
This is the story of the boys who loved you
This is the story of your red right ankle


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Red Right Ankle Lyrics as written by Colin Meloy

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    i put this song in a mix i made to a boy i was seeing. i put the song initially because he had kissed my ankles the night he said he liked me, even my ankles and i thought it was the greatest thing in the world, that whole moment. i never thought a song could end up being so profetic. later, after having lost him we talked about this song and how my favorite part was the first lines and he said it should be, maybe, this one :

    "This is the story of the boys who loved you Who love you now and loved you then And some were sweet and some were cold and snuffed you And some just layed around in bed And some, they crumbled you straight to your knees Did it cruel, did it tenderly Some, they crawled their way into your heart To rend your ventricles apart This is the story of the boys who loved you."

    i know realize, that all those boys, were only one person. it makes too much sense to me, and i cant listen to this song without crying.

    danielladaniellaon May 05, 2008   Link

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