English House Lyrics

Lyric discussion by invertebrae 

Cover art for English House lyrics by Fleet Foxes

the first verse is Brighton, yes, but not later.

"A cold wind blows, back into the coast for me."

meaning: the cold winds are changing direction and coming back for him.

and i would argue it could be "fragile lakes" rather than "fragile legs" but either seems plausible. you could make a case for "legs" because it's definitely "tongues of the creatures", and i can see tongues being drawn toward "legs".

but those same creatures could be drawn to the lake. i think it's "lakes" because he mentions the coast right after that. and a cold wind, implying winter, and a frozen lake, and hence someone walking upon thin ice.

nope - it's BRIGHTON, not "back into"

and it's definitely LEGS not lakes!