Joanna Newsom - Emily (with lyrics)

Album version of Emily from the 2006 album "Ys" by Joanna Newsom. (Track 1 of 5)

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[llcoolkate]

"Peonies nod in the breeze and while they wetly bow, with hydrocephalitic listlessness ants mop up their brow."

Doesn't she blow your head clean off?!

[00000Me1]

In the stars, set order. We could stand for a century, starin' , 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 'til we don't be!!!

Joanna...those lyrics kill me everytime! Dumbstruck!

[Crystal Ed]

Nothing in the world will ever be more pristine than this music. Joanna is a lyrical genius and an ethereal harpist.

[OAnIncurableHumanist]

Watch out, though! She gets them mixed up! Which I think is one of the beautiful points of the song -- Joanna's sister is an astrophysicist in real life, and she is not. Though she tries her best to remember which is which, she still gets it wrong in the end. It's a symptom of the growing distance between her and her sister.

[ReiMeerkat]

This song sums up the relationship between the soul and the human body in the most beautiful way I've ever experienced. This masterpiece literally reveals something new to me every single time I listen to it.

[hellspawn3000]

this song helps me remember the difference between a meteorite, a meteor, and a meteoroid. Thank you Joanna!

[richardnsalvador]

Holy cow! It's like she writes a novel, then sings the whole book!! lol But the thing is the novel is great and the music sounds wonderful! She's an intellectual and a great musician.

[EmilyBannisterxoxo]

I only searched this song bc my names Emily, but I surprisingly like this! :)

[raverbrant]

that's the best verse

[LickTheIceCube]

why do you sound pigheaded

[DrilRemover]

Why does she sound black?

[00000Me1]

Her songs are wonderfully exhausting journeys!! xxx thanks Joe!