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a cover of “holocene” by bon iver. from their self-titled. a result of a sleepless night. i found out that i like coffee.
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justin vernon’s beautiful and nonsensical lyrics. i think this song is vaguely about different vices. although like everything he writes, seems like a personal account more than anything.

someway, baby, it’s part of me, apart from me
you’re laying waste to halloween
you fucked it friend, it’s on its head, it struck the street
you’re in milwaukee, off your feet

and at once i knew i was not magnificent
strayed above the highway aisle
(jagged vacance, thick with ice)
and i could see for miles, miles, miles

3rd and lake it burnt away, the hallway
was where we learned to celebrate
automatic brought the years you’d talk for me
that night you played me ‘lip parade’
not the needle, nor the thread, the lost decree
saying nothing, that’s enough for me

and at once i knew i was not magnificent
hulled far from the highway aisle
(jagged vacance, thick with ice)
and i could see for miles, miles, miles

christmas night, it clutched the light, the hallow bright
above my brother, i and tangled spines
we smoked the screen to make it what it was to be
now to know it in my memory

and at once i knew i was not magnificent
high above the highway aisle
(jagged vacance, thick with ice)
but i could see for miles, miles, miles

joel plays snare,
i play piano & sing.
also listen for the sound of 1920s victrola in the background during some silences. i stuck it in there for fun. it’s one of the early record players. plays 78s. mine no longer has a speed regulator, so the turntable spins very fast, producing a motor-like sound.

this song is definitely for anybody who actually uses the word “gobsmacked!”