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Spirit Ditch Lyrics
I want my records back
and that motorcycle gas tank
that I, spraypainted black
the owls have been talking to me
but I'm sworn to secrecy
I woke up in
a burnt out basement
sleeping with
metal hands
in a spirit ditch
the moon it will rise with such
horse laughter
it's dragging pianos to the ocean
if I had a home
you'd know it'd be
in a slide trombone
I woke up in
a burnt out basement
sleeping with
metal hands
in a spirit ditch
(answerphone interlude)
I woke up in
a burnt out basement
sleeping with
metal hands
in a spirit ditch
and that motorcycle gas tank
that I, spraypainted black
the owls have been talking to me
but I'm sworn to secrecy
a burnt out basement
sleeping with
metal hands
in a spirit ditch
horse laughter
it's dragging pianos to the ocean
if I had a home
you'd know it'd be
in a slide trombone
a burnt out basement
sleeping with
metal hands
in a spirit ditch
a burnt out basement
sleeping with
metal hands
in a spirit ditch
I think there are at least 2 references to other works in this.
"Burned-out basement" - from Neil Young's "After The Gold Rush".
"The owls have been talking to me" - from "Twin Peaks".
To me, that somehow sums up Sparklehorse's music: A very stoned Neil Young seen through a David Lynch filter. Nothing makes perfect sense, yet somehow it does, and creeps me out to no end - but I love it.
a few of my favorite things. :)
a few of my favorite things. :)
amazingly beautiful song.
I've been listening to this song since it was first on that album and it never, ever, ever loses its magic. Mark Linkus was a fucking genius and this is just an example of that brilliance - fantastic song lyrically and musically. Magic x