[ti:Where the Spirit Left Us]
[ar:Okkervil River]
[00:03.05]Through the wall in a soft spring rustle
[00:08.93]Street-side selling some summer hustle
[00:14.79]And across the Maple Street Bridge
[00:17.82]In a bristling fall  just whistling
[00:22.09]All's a balled-up riddle  just a high snowball  on a curve-and-fall
[00:33.13]Through a parking lot at Christmas
[00:39.46]I heard her whisper  I heard him call
[00:45.43]Here's what the gist was:
[00:49.82]
[00:50.40]Only wary in our lives-
[00:53.78]Open-eyed and half-ashamed that is to say
[01:01.04]
[01:02.42]A float on a ferry  freezing  tired  fully wired  a total waste
[01:08.86]
[01:09.99]That's where the spirit left us
[01:13.33]Underneath the house  just like a flameout teen
[01:18.67]
[01:19.54]Who smells like sweat and gasoline
[01:23.68]Kid  I stand with you
[01:26.07]And when you get hard  and your eyes get mean
[01:31.61]Because you're on the march
[01:34.12]Well  I could almost kiss you
[01:37.52]Don't let them twist you
[01:40.89]Here have this song- you can take it with you:
[01:48.19]
[01:49.25]Stay lonely  open-wide
[01:50.94]
[01:52.08]Your eyes all fire  your mind aflame
[01:56.33]Don't be disgraced
[02:00.88]Loose of limb  unlionized  while all liars fade to grey
[02:08.55]I know you feel detested
[02:13.30]
[02:27.20]Did a silence drop  Did your walkman stop
[02:33.13]Did the air turn cold  Was the message just so close
[02:38.96]Oh but did you choke it  Oh  kid  I know
[02:44.58]I know where this is going
[02:48.40]Because we always blow it
[02:53.62]Only wary in our lives -
[02:56.79]Open-eyed and half-ashamed
[03:00.86]It's just that way
[03:04.24]
[03:05.36]Afloat down that river  freezing  tired  fully wired  a total waste
[03:12.87]That's where the spirit left us
[03:18.35]Only wary in our lives
[03:21.11]Your eyes all fire  your mind aflame
[03:25.21]And don't be dismayed
[03:29.96]When this sobbing world goes screaming by
[03:33.02]I swear that if I had my way
[03:37.36]You know I would have blessed it