III letra

they settled dust in your hair
to watch you shake and shout it out.
with our armaments bared
we shed our bags and travel alls.

from the lee of the wall
he comes in the chang and the chariot
and all his eunuchs in thrall
can scarce lift his line and lariat.

here com loose his hounds
to blow me down.

blow me down.

on this stretch of ground
i'll lay me down.

lay me down.

to sleep.

and now stricken with pangs
that tear at our backs like thistle down
the mirror's soft silver tain
reflects our last and birthing hour

here com loose his hounds
to blow me down.

blow me down.

on this stretch of ground
i'll lay me down.

lay me down.

to sleep.

The Decemberists - Letras

• 12/17/12
• 16 By 32
• A Beginning Song
• A Bower Scene
• A Cautionary Song
• All Arise!
• Angel, Won't You Call Me?
• Annan Water
• Anti-Summersong
• Apology Song
• As I Rise
• Ben Franklin's Song
• Better Not Wake The Baby
• Billy Liar
• Bridges And Balloons
• Burial Ground (feat. James Mercer)
• Calamity Song
• California One
• California One / Youth And Beauty Brigade
• Carolina Low
• Cavalry Captain
• Clementine
• Cocoon
• Constantinople
• Cullin of the Fold
• Dear Avery
• Don't Carry It All
• Down By The Water
• Easy Come, Easy Go
• Eli, The Barrowboy
• Everything I Try To Do, Nothing Seems To Turn Out Right
• Foregone
• From My Own True Love (lost At Sea)
• Grace Cathedral Hill
• Here I Dreamt I Was An Architect
• Human Behavior
• I
• I Don't Mind
• I Was Meant For The Stage
• II
• III
• Isn't It A Lovely Night?
• IV
• January Hymn
• Julianne
• July, July!
• June Hymn
• Lake Song
• Leslie Anne Levine
• Like A Lion
• Los Angeles, I'm Yours
• Make You Better
• Margaret In Captivity
• Mistral
• My Mother Was a Chinese Trapeze Artist
• O Valencia
• O Valencia!
• Oceanside
• Ocenside
• Odalisque
• Of Angels And Angles
• On The Bus Mall
• Once In My Life
• One Engine
• Philomena
• Please Daddy (Don't Get Drunk This Christmas)
• Record Year
• Red Right Ankle
• Rise To Me
• Riverswim
• Row Jimmy
• Rox In The Box
• Rusalka, Rusalka / Wild Rushes
• Severed
• Shankill Butchers
• Shanty For The Arethusa
• Shiny
• Sixteen Military Wives
• Sleepless
• Song For The Myla Goldberg
• Sons & Daughters
• Sucker's Prayer
• Summersong
• Sunshine
• The Abduction Of Margaret
• The Apology Song
• The Bachelor And The Bride
• The Bagman's Gambit
• The Bandit Queen
• The Chimbley Sweep
• The Crane Wife 1 and 2
• The Crane Wife 3
• The Engine Driver
• The Gymnast, High Above The Ground
• The Hazards Of Love (Revenge!)
• The Hazards Of Love 1 (The Prettiest Whistles Won't Wrestle The Thistles Undone)
• The Hazards Of Love 2 (Wager All)
• The Hazards Of Love 4 (The Drowned)
• The Infanta
• The Island
• The Island: Come and See, The Landlord's Daughter, You'll Not Feel the Drow
• The Kingdom Of Spain
• The Landlord's Daughter
• The Legionnaire's Lament
• The Mariner's Revenge Song
• The Perfect Crime 2
• The Queen's Rebuke / The Crossing
• The Rake's Song
• The Singer Addresses His Audience
• The Soldiering Life
• The Sporting Life
• The Tain (Parts I, II, III, IV, V)
• The Wanting Comes in Waves / Repaid
• The Wrong Year
• This Is Why We Fight
• Till The Water's All Long Gone
• Traveling On
• V
• Valerie Plame
• VI
• We Both Go Down Together
• When the War Came
• Why Would I Now?
• Won't Want For Love (Margaret In The Taiga)
• Wonder
• Yankee Bayonet (I Will Be Home Then)
• Youth and Beauty Brigade