Lyric discussion by untabubba 

Cover art for Foregone lyrics by Decemberists, The

Does anyone REALLY KNOW the correct lyrics? My band does the song very well. It is really a fun song to play, but I feel like such an idiot mumbling "nonsense syllables! I have worked with a multiband equalizer to try to isolate the vocals and I get......"and the reaps and the rights and the wrongs.......nonsense! Sometimes Colin's faux accent is infuriating!

SOMEBODY PLEASE HELP ME!!!!!

I believe it is:

"Dear horizon, [or perhaps "Dear, arise and" as someone said below] say it's a honey All this light that day break brings And the ancient bends that brung me To the bed where you're sleeping safe

And we had agreed on Henry Long before a flutter felt And so it will be 'til the 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 forgone...

Can it be that this is given? This awaking from a long...