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I'd been living through days
Carrying no burden
But the shit of cattle
And my resignation

Until the sun rose crimson
Crept across my limbs and
I saw that they were earthen
That they decay and worsen

And from my ginger chest, there
Came the sound of thunder
I am not a father
I am not a farmer

I tremble to speak of it.
Held her in my arms and
Pressed her to my heart and
Pressed my hand o'er her lips

I murmured words of his love
I will be his baron
With him I have an ending
With him I have completion
And the cover of night
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Cover art for Red Sun No. 5 lyrics by Owen Pallett

Any help with the lyrics would be greatly appreciated.

Cover art for Red Sun No. 5 lyrics by Owen Pallett

Any help would be greatly appreciated.

Cover art for Red Sun No. 5 lyrics by Owen Pallett

Correct lyrics from the cd booklet:

I'd been living through days Carrying no burden But the shit of cattle And my resignation

Until the sun rose crimson Crept across my limbs and I saw that they were earthen That they decay and worsen

And from my ginger chest, there Came the sound of thunder I am not a father I am not a farmer

I tremble to speak of it. Held her in my arms and Pressed her to my heart and Pressed my hand o'er her lips

I murmured words of his love I will be his baron With him I have an ending With him I have completion And the cover of night

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Cover art for Red Sun No. 5 lyrics by Owen Pallett

The album's about a farmer called lewis, and i think in this song he's realised that he's living a bit of a lie, and that the words he says to his wife are that which he says to his lover, who is a man so they can only be together under 'the cover of night'. maybe...

i get the sense that he just thinks his entire being is that of a server to his god. i think "HIS LOVE" is Owen's.

I think he's having an epiphany about the worth of his life and that it is meaningless without devotion to Lewis, as you both suggest. So he is kind of saying goodbye to his wife before he begins his clerical life.

Cover art for Red Sun No. 5 lyrics by Owen Pallett

this song is about having a gay relationship with a God? sort of. and why subsuming oneself to a deity is fucked up? I think, or close. in context of the album, yes.

 
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