Lyric discussion by Cyberghost 

Cover art for Lake Song lyrics by Decemberists, The

Wrong lyrics again.

Here are the correct lyrics :

Down by the lake We were over-turning pebbles And upending all the animals alight

And I took a drag From your cigarette and pinched it 'tween my finger and my thumb Till it had died

And the sun burned low On the radio

Say that you will Say you will or will you won't or you whatever You prevaricate your whole life, don't you?

And this much I can say I would have waited 'till the oceans fell away and all the sunken cities would Reveal themselves to you

But you won't will you? Because you never do

And the sun burned through Sweet as honeydew

And I Seventeen and terminally fey Well I wrote it down and threw it all away Never gave a thought to what I'd paid

And you All sibylline, reclining in your pew You tattered me you tethered me to you The things you would, and the things you wouldn't do To tell the truth I never had a clue

Now we arise To curse these young suburban villains And their ill-begotten children from the lawn

Come to me now And on this station wagon window set the ghosts of your two footprints that they might Haunt me when you're gone

And when the light broke dawn You were forever gone

But I remember you: You were full... You were full and sweet as honeydew

And I Seventeen and terminally fey Well I wrote it down and threw it all away And never gave a through to what I'd paid

And you All sibylline, reclining in your pew You tattered me you tethered me to you The things you would, and the things you wouldn't do You notice now I never had a clue

Never had a clue

You were full and sweet as honeydew

You were full and sweet as honeydew

Thanks for the correction. "17 and terminally vague," would have been an interesting change, but it sure stuck out quickly.