Island, IS

Lyrics posted on the official Volcano Choir website:

owen, you’re home the sun set it on to the sky with a long catapult and the salt that he put to the side and the tones he would push and the songs he would push to the side when it all went a fuck in the snow that gets pushed to the side well your heart is a bush and it’s talking too, with some size when you already put all of the soot inside

they were already smushed with a calm steady push to the side all that your heart finds on with your own wife sign up all your relatives only a harbor mind in turpentine

im the reaper bahn calm the arrival tear it to the night

heart is said, you boy come and serve it with an omelette and you’re on it with the carpet you solved it said you’re corporate set your orbit set your coffin said its often that your old fits are your old tits on your hard drive

I won't speculate on the meaning (at least not yet), but here's what I heard/think I heard for some of the missing spots:

1) I think it's "Well your heart is a bush and it's talking to --with some size-- or --with some side--. I'm pretty positive it's "with some", but can't quite make out the last word.

2) Instead of "I'll let your heart find", I think the line is "all that your heart finds"

3) I think it might be "the reaper of bonds"

4) It is "tear into the night".

5) Finally, I think it says, "And you solved it, said you called it".

Let me know what you think. Hope this helps! I love this song and can't wait for the rest of the album. I'm a HUGE Bon Iver fan.

I think a lot, if not all, of the lyrics on this album are purely there for their aesthetic value. He just sang a load of sounds and then changed them into words afterwards.

I'd agree with leahper, but I read somewhere that these lyrics ended up being a very meaningful stream-of-consciousness type thing.

Also, I'll make all those changes, carpe, as I can't decipher them any better.

Ah who cares...awesome song song song. :D

Even though it seems very different to the other tracks on the album, it feels like Vernon's voice is just another instrument. It's amazing. ^_^

This song feels almost like a bursting through/casting away of all mundanities. Being the "reaper of bonds" you're gathering what you have. Tear into the night. Moving up and out of everything, kind of state.

I'm not sure if i make too much sense or if i'm explaining what i'm thinking correctly:

but this song makes me feel like i'm rising and squishy. kind of like a light dough.

It reminds me of winter when you're alone yet you feel life all around you. And you see the fresh fallen snow drape the trees. It's an intoxicating song. :)

this song is my favorite of '09...