'00 Ghosts of the Marathon Dancers Lyrics

Lyric discussion by fadetoflashes 

Cover art for '00 Ghosts of the Marathon Dancers lyrics by Magnetic Fields, The

Not sure how intentional this was, but this song comes across as a very well-executed homage to the late Leonard Cohen- lyrically, compositionally, vocally, all of it. It taps into Cohen's specific brand of melancholia and does so very respectfully, which is what makes it seem more "homage" than anything approaching a rip-off.