Fleet Foxes - Helplessness Blues Lyrics
I was raised up believing I was somehow uniqueLike a snowflake distinct among snowflakes, unique in each way you can seeAnd now after some thinking, I'd say I'd rather beA functioning cog in some great machinery serving something beyond meBut I don't, I don't know what that will beI'll get back to you someday soon you will seeWhat's my name, what's my station, oh, just tell me what I should doI don't need to be kind to the armies of night that would do such injustice to youOr bow down and be grateful and say "sure, take all that you see"To the men who move only in dimly-lit halls and determine my future for meAnd I don't, I don't know who to believeI'll get back to you someday soon you will seeIf I know only one thing, it's that everything that I seeOf the world outside is so inconceivable often I barely can speakYeah I'm tongue-tied and dizzy and I can't keep it to myselfWhat good is it to sing helplessness blues, why should I wait for anyone else?And I know, I know you will keep me on the shelfI'll come back to you someday soon myselfIf I had an orchard, I'd work till I'm rawIf I had an orchard, I'd work till I'm soreAnd you would wait tables and soon run the storeGold hair in the sunlight, my light in the dawnIf I had an orchard, I'd work till I'm soreIf I had an orchard, I'd work till I'm soreSomeday I'll be like the man on the screen
