Lyric discussion by justamanda 

Cover art for Foregone lyrics by Decemberists, The

Dear her eyes and say it's honey (?) All this light that daybreak brings And the ancient bands that brung me To the bed where you’re sleeping safe

And we had agreed on Henry Long before a flutter fell And so it will be till memory Makes a shadow of ourselves

And the wreaks (?) and the wrecks and the wrong All would lead to believe that it's not But it's foregone It's foregone

Can it be that this is given? This awaking from a long dark night Of a soul so wan and wizen Sleep away to set to right

Dear, arise and say it's a honey All this light that, daybreak brings And the ancient bands that brung me To the bed where, you're sleeping safe

And we had agreed on Henry, Long before, the flutter felt And so it will be till memory Makes a shadow, of ourselves

And the reach and the wrecks and the wrong All would lead to believe that it's not But it's foregone. It's foregone

Can it be that this is given? This awakening, from a long dark night Of a soul so on and wizened Sleep away, to set to rights

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