Joanna Newsom - Emily [pt 2] (11.16.06)

(5b of 10)
Live @ the First Unitarian Church Sanctuary - Philadelphia, PA November 16th, 2006 eattapes.com

ay, say, say in the lee of the bay; don't be bothered
Leave your troubles here where the tugboats shear the water from the water
(Flanked by furrows, curling back, like a match held up to a newspaper)
Emily, they'll follow your lead by the letter
And I make this claim, and I'm not ashamed to say I know you better
What they've seen is just a beam of your sun that banishes winter

Let us go! Though we know it's a hopeless endeavor
The ties that bind, they are barbed and spined and hold us close forever
Though there is nothing would help me come to grips with a sky that is gaping and yawning
There is a song I woke with on my lips as you sailed your great ship towards the morning

Come on home, the poppies are all grown knee-deep by now
Blossoms all have fallen, and the pollen ruins the plow
Peonies nod in the breeze and while they wetly bow
With hydrocephalitic listlessness ants mop up-a their brow

And everything with wings is restless, aimless, drunk and dour
The butterflies and birds collide at hot, ungodly hours
And my clay-colored motherlessness rangily reclines
Come on home, now! All my bones are dolorous with vines

Pa pointed out to me, for the hundredth time tonight
The way the ladle leads to a dirt-red bullet of light
Squint skyward and listen
Loving him, we move within his borders
Just asterisms in the stars' set order

We could stand for a century
Staring
With our heads cocked
In the broad daylight at this thing
Joy
Landlocked
In bodies that don't keep
Dumbstruck with the sweetness of being
Until we don't be told
Take this
Eat this

Told
The meteorite is the source of the light
And the meteor's just what we see
And the meteoroid is a stone that's devoid of the fire that propelled it to thee

And the meteorite's just what causes the light
And the meteor's how it's perceived
And the meteoroid's a bone thrown from the void that lies quiet in offering to thee

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[HamSandwich09]

Holy crap this was amazing.

[colmdodd]

i am in love with her. a poet of the highest class.

[Jdottopv]

"he pointed out to me for the hundredth time tonight, the ladle leads to a dirt red bullet of light"

literally the most beautiful lyric i have ever heard. this song is ,in my opinion, the greatest composition created.

[wehatedanthompson]

This song has more ideas in it than most bands have in their entire albums

[olivepalm9]

@the1musiclad I like the part that follows immediately after, about the meteorite. :D

[the1musiclad]

2:24 - 4:00 is in my opinion the most beautiful piece of lyric writing I've ever heard.

[SirJon39]

Her greatest song. Pure poetry.

[stuartanderson47]

One of my most very favourite songs. Inspirational, moving and hypnotic. It is a thousand breaths of fresh air after having been subjected to popular music all day by my good colleagues at work. Thanks for the upload :)

[MzSonicjinn]

Her performance is just divine!

I wish I could see her play in person in the near future.

[BTW, I'm a music lover who lives in Korea but why can't we leave a message if we don't change the country(nationality on the bottom)? ]

[funkeodor]

God, this is just awesome, just fucking awesome.

[KamadakeX]

Truly splendid footage! I really wish she would release a live album with her preforming with the Y's Street Band. Y's was a simply wonderful album, but their live performances are orgasmic.