I Came Here To Say I'm Going Away (Serge Gainsbourg) Lyrics

Lyric discussion by DGeroski 

Cover art for I Came Here To Say I'm Going Away (Serge Gainsbourg) lyrics by Okkervil River

God, I love this. Perhaps my favorite cover on the Golden Opportunities mix.

I'm almost certain Sheff is referencing Verlaine's "Chanson d'automne" ("Autumn Song.")

"In autumn The long sobs Of the violins Wound my heart, A languorous, Monotone.

Suffocating, Pale when The hour strikes I remember Past days And weep

And go away In the ill wind Carried off Hither and ever Like a Dead leaf."