A Song for a Lover of Long Ago Lyrics

Lyric discussion by silkword 

Cover art for A Song for a Lover of Long Ago lyrics by Bon Iver

this really is powerful This is about forgetting the one you never wanted to forget, and the limbo between being with them and finding someone else, where you try in vain to 'bury' them, but a bad night will always bring you back to clutching something they once gave you, in your 'shaking hands'

'every place I am'- you're burying them within you, they're under your skin.