Okkervil River - Seas Too Far To Reach

From Down The River Of Golden Dreams

Lyrics:
The ladies in my dream so obliging.
They come on down to do the things I need.
Whether skies are calm or cut apart by lightning,
Theyre always there to minister to me.

And at break of dawn, theyre sweetly shining.
Or at quiet of midnight, cold and dim,
They say dont harm him.
And when I wake just as their eyes are crying,
I see that bed and I just want to climb back in.

But lets gather up your friends and drive up to that country inn.
We can stay there, feeling water warmly wash across our skin,
Giving back all of our tears so that we can cry them again.

You want to tell your dad you cant believe hes dying,
But lets just walk on down the hall and shut our mouths.
The AM radio is broken down and crying
As on this hour drive were silent to ourselves.

Lets go back up to your house, and take our clothes off.
And just push and pull ourselves until were deep inside of sleep.
And with your body next to me, its sleepy sighing
Sounds like waves upon a sea too far to reach.
But Ill gather up my men and try to sail on it again,
And well walk and quietly talk all through the country of your skin,
Made up of pieces of the places that youve dreamed and that youve been.
And we will sleep outside in tents upon this unfamiliar land,
And in the morning well awake, yeah, as a foreign dawning breaks,
My men and I will all awake. Let's try again.

Category:

Music

Tags:

• okkervil
• river
• seas
• too
• far
• to
• reach

[davidpowel]

lol yeah i agree he isnt the greatest singer of all time but i think thats what makes him better. sings in his own voice and sings some beautiful words. cheers

[whoawheremyfetusgo]

hurts my heart.. but i love it.

[lexlether]

@XanderBBo Romance man, it's externally poetic, except when you talk about it. 

[XanderBBo]

Is this a song about trying to get a girl pregnant? his "men" being sperm

[halterman666]

Okkervil River: The god's of four chord songs

[toohighbloodsugar]

last part is the best part...I am nearly dying for it

[Wolfenstein2021]

smd if you dont like this song

[pure1387]

i have given my soul to pinback, brighteyes, mumford &sons, radiohead , sun kil moon and godspeed. thank u music, o yea and yeasayer/2080/tightrope. o and this band for many reasons im too drunk to explain. but thank none the less for something real

and calexico......................­.......

[MikeDaMuddah]

Love their songs that feature horns, like this one. World's best band, but recordings and videos of their concerts are hopeless to me.

[bampersands]

one of my favs also! <3

thank you so much for including lyrics! i've memorized this song by now but normally i must open another window to find lyrics (i'm severely hard-of-hearing/deaf and cannot usually understand the lyrics just from listening)