Roslyn

Bon Iver

Up with your turret
Aren't we just terrified?

Shale, screen your worry
From what you won't ever find

Don't let it fool you
Don't let it fool you down

Dancing around
Folds in her gown

Sea and the rock below
Cocked to the undertow

Bones, blood and teeth erode
They will be crashing low

Wings wouldn't help you
Wings wouldn't help you down

Down towards the ground
Gravity smiled

You barely are blinking
Wagging your face around

When'd this just become a mortal home?
There alone.

Won't, won't, won't, won't, won't let you talk me . . .
Won't let you talk me down

We'll pull it taut
Nothing let out


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    Btw, this cd is the best soundtrack since Garden State imho, am i goin out on a total limb here? It is simply amazing. When i saw Bon Iver collab with St. Vincent i freaked, it is so fantastic. I am not a huge fan of the books, but it really heightens the emotional power the book is trying to purvey.

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