Spirit They've Gone, Spirit They've Vanished Lyrics

In this place
There's a wounded hand
Felt a chain
Where the links met up
Round a name
In the faceless age
Cursed and pained
And your windowpane
As the lake
From one hundred friends
Wave them home
As the childhood ends
Turn it fast
As one mild day steals
Someone's soul
Into 20 years
In spirit they've vanished
And I'll show you why
They'll make you take elderly paths by this time
If we would just dump it
In the sea and fly
It's hard to just kiss our
Child games goodbye
Song Info
Submitted by
duckfetus On May 05, 2005
Questions and Answers

Ask specific questions and get answers to unlock more indepth meanings & facts.

15 Meanings

Add your song meanings, interpretations, facts, memories & more to the community.

Cover art for Spirit They've Gone, Spirit They've Vanished lyrics by Animal Collective

This is such a gorgeous song. It's a shame they made it so hard to listen to...

Cover art for Spirit They've Gone, Spirit They've Vanished lyrics by Animal Collective

Listen with your mind, not your ears. The beautiful buzzing fills your head, like the resonate buzzing of insects in a prehistoric forest.

This song awakens something encoded deep into human DNA, a memory of where life began, in the hazy, deep, and dark forests of our ancestors. It is utterly amazing and beautiful to imagine this untouched, pure world.

Cover art for Spirit They've Gone, Spirit They've Vanished lyrics by Animal Collective

Dang I'm not sure I'd have been able to listen to any other AnCo if this was the first song of theirs I ever listened to. Kudos. Also holy crap I just listened to this song on high with my expensive head phones and figured out the beginning. It is "Shhh...do you wanna hear a secret? I know one." I'm pretty sure that's it. Maybe you all knew this already so if I haven't impressed anyone on the innernettes at least I can take comfort in knowing that I impressed myself. Furthermore, I'd like to back up my friend tonycollective and say that it's definitely "if we were just dolphins" and not "if we would just dump in." Even if I'm wrong dolphins is way cooler. Loveee this album.

Cover art for Spirit They've Gone, Spirit They've Vanished lyrics by Animal Collective

I can't listen to this song with my dog around.

Cover art for Spirit They've Gone, Spirit They've Vanished lyrics by Animal Collective

And you're in their pain

and your windowpane?

Enters and flies

time flies?

im only just replying on yours because its the top comment but it definatly says 'if we were just dolphins in the sea' not 'if we would just dump it' im pretty sure about this one..

Not Valid
Cover art for Spirit They've Gone, Spirit They've Vanished lyrics by Animal Collective

some spots are so hard to hear through the distortion on his voice i think i need to be on something.

Nope

Not Valid
Cover art for Spirit They've Gone, Spirit They've Vanished lyrics by Animal Collective

this song is beautiful, i don't see why everyone says it's a pain to listen to

Cover art for Spirit They've Gone, Spirit They've Vanished lyrics by Animal Collective

listening to this song and reading that, i can honestly say that is one of the most beautiful things i've heard.

lastdinosaur that is perfect

Cover art for Spirit They've Gone, Spirit They've Vanished lyrics by Animal Collective

This song is one of my fav not just from the cd but in general from these guys