Decemberists, The - Lake Song Video Lyrics Lyrics
Down by the lakeWe were over turning pebbles and upending all the animals alight.And I took a dragFrom your cigarette and pinched it 'tween my finger and my thumb till itHad died.And the sun burned low, on the radio.Say that you will,Say you will or will you won'tOr you whatever you prevaricate your whole life don't you.And this much I can say: I would've waited till the oceansFell away and all the sunken cities would reveal themselves to you.But you won't, will you? Because you never do.And the sun burned through, sweet as honey dew[Chorus:]And I, seventeen and terminally fey,I wrote it down and threw it all awayNever gave a thought to what I'd paid.And you, all sibylline, reclining in your pew,You tattered me, tethered me to you.The things you would, and the things you wouldn't doTo tell the truth, I never had a clue.[Verse 2:]Now we arise,To curse those young suburban villainsAnd their ill-begotten children from the lawn.Come to me now,And on this station wagon window set the ghost of your two footprintsThat they might haunt me when you're gone.When the light broke dawn, you were forever goneBut I remember you: you were full,You were full and sweet as honey dew[Chorus:]And I, 17 and terminally feyWell I wrote it down and threw it all awayNever gave a thought to what I'd paidAnd you, all sibylline, reclining in your pewYou tattered me, you tethered me to youThe things you would, the things you wouldn't doYou noticed how I never had a clueNever had a clue...You were full and sweet as honey dew
