In A Sweater Poorly Knit

In a sweater poorly knit, by mewithout You.
http://youtube.com/watch?v=apvKxyR6Vzs

This is one of my favorites songs by mewithoutYou. I had to sing it an octave lower tho, since I'm not a tenor. Pardon the mistakes, I practiced this once before recording. Plus my strings are about nine months old...

Here's the lyrics:

In a sweater poorly knit, and an unsuspecting smile, little Moses drifts downstream in the Nile. A fumbling reply, an awkward rigid laugh and I'm carried helpless by my floating basket raft. You're a flavor in my mind, back and forth between, sweeter than any wine as bitter as mustard greens. And it's light and dark as honeydew and pumpernickel bread, the trap I set for you seems to have caught my leg instead.

Go plow some other field, try and forget my name, we'll see what harvest yields supposing I do the same. I planted rows of peas by the first week of July should've came up to my knees but they were maybe ankle high. Take the fingers from your flute, weave your colored yarns. Boil down the fruit to preserves in mason jars. And the books are over due, and the goats are underfed, the trap I set for you seems to have caught my leg instead.

You're a door without a key, a field without a fence. You made a holy fool of me and I've thanked you ever since, but she'd come circling back, we'll end where we begun, like two pennies on the train tracks, train crushed into one. But if I'm a crown without a king, if I'm a broken open seed If I come without a thing, then I come with all I need. No boat out in the blue, no place to rest your head, the trap I set for you seems to have caught my leg instead.

I do not exist (x7)
Only You exist...

Category:

Music

Tags:

• mewithoutYou
• in
• sweater
• poorly
• knit
• cover
• drinian
• indie

[DearlyDepartedHannah]

I wish I could play guitar like that

[DrinianRzor]

Thanks! I'm actually primarily a keyboard player. Started teaching myself guitar about 3 years ago.

[crytears]

really good cover! could you tell me the strum pattern please?

[DrinianRzor]

Not sure exactly what I used anymore, but I think its a very fast

down down up up

down down up up

down (doubletime) down up (/doubletime)

[isloveislove]

you did a good job! i like the whistling :] i can't whistle.

[dapacman13]

wow, you did pretty good. i love this song. my favorite mewithoutYou song...

[sullytrust]

I have those same drapes!

[sullytrust]

I have those same drapes!

[N2BnThin]

i miss you ryan....

[sohipimhop]

i fucking love you..you are so cute!

[heyyyitsjosh]

just a couple of constructive points as I think your cover does have good postential. Although your voice is lower I'd try singing it at the key it was written, even if it's a perfect octave lower it won't sound 'correct'. I'd like to hear your voice more. Through the chorus some harmonic "oohhhs" sound great, and the strumming sounds better as eighths. Also going into the first chorus, there is no pause

[majesticpony]

dude, you looked so young haha.

[nosabbath7]

you're in tune but your voice is too low but great job dude!!

[InStoresNao]

O:

You're pretty good,

decent sound quality.