The Great Salt Lake Lyrics

Lyric discussion by corgan 

Cover art for The Great Salt Lake lyrics by Band of Horses

we will be the next on the hold

i'm pretty sure this is right based on live performances and the cd. i've seen BOH a couple times live and they rock. I think the song is about searching for a home, one which can be found even in the most desolate of places.

back of the boat was painted wrecking ball there was country music playing but he don't like it at all red fire poppin' on the rained out wood it was whiskey bottles spilling, in a lake thats made of salt

and look out michael theres a note on the door saying everybody listen, we'll be the...

by the way, i think he's drawing on salt flats as a type of metaphor, nothing can grow there but he could still stand, or find a home there