Lost Coastlines

Okkervil River

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Okkervil River

Okkervil River is an indie rock band from Austin, Texas. Formed in 1998, the band takes its name from a short story by Russian author Tatyana Tolstaya. They self-released their first album, Stars Too Small to Use, which led them to the South by Southwest music festival. After recording their first album in a garage, they signed with Jagjaguwar. Okkervil River continued by releasing four more albums, including the critically lauded concept album Black Sheep Boy. more »


Year:
2008
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Packed and all eyes turned in, no one to see on the key. 
No one waving for me just the shoreline receding. 
Ticket in my hand and thinking wish I didn't hand it in. 
Cause who said sailing is fine? 
Leaving behind all the faces that I might replace if I tried on that long ride, 
Looking deep inside but I don't want to look so deep inside yet.

Sit down, sit down on the proud wave bye, 
There might not be another star, farther on the line. 
Look out, look out at each town that glides by, 
And there's another crowd, to drown in crying eyes. 
And see how that light you love now just won't shine, 
There might just be another star, that's high and far in some other sky.

We sing, is that marionette real enough yet to step off of that set 
And decide what a dance might mean to it. 
Ruining the place where the ensuing may lay escape. 
We packed up all of our bags the ship's deck now sags 
From the weight of our tracks as we pace beneath flags 
Black and battered rattling our swords in service of some fated, foreign, war.

And Jonathan says we sail out on order of him 
But we find that the maps he sent to us don't mention lost coastlines. 
Where nothing we've actually seen has been mapped or outlined 
And we don't recognize the names upon strange signs.

And every night finds us rocking and rolling on waves wild and wide, 
Well we have lost our way, nobody's gonna say it outright. 
Just go

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Written by: Will Robinson Sheff

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