Lost Coastlines [Bozeman, 2013] Songtext
von Okkervil River

Thank you so much Bozeman

Packed and all eyes turned in
No one to see on the quay no one waving
For me just the shoreline receding
Ticket in my hand, I′m thinking "wish I didn't hand it in"
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 prow to wave bye
There might not be another star further 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
To decide what her hands might be doing?
Ruining the play, to in the ensuing melee 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 faded foreign lord

We sail out on orders from him but we find, find, find
The maps he sent to us don't mention lost coastlines
Where nothing we′ve actually seen has been mapped or outlined
Where we don't recognize the names upon these signs

And every night finds us rocking and rolling on waves wild and wide
Well, we have lost our way, nobody′s going to say it outright
Just go la, la, la-la-la-la, la-la-la-la, la-la-la-la, la-la-la-la-la-la
Woo, oh-oh-oh

La, la, la-la-la-la, la-la-la-la, la-la-la-la, la-la-la-la-la-la
Oh-oh-oh, oh
(Woo, alright, alright)

La, la-la-la-la-la, la-la-la-la-la, la-la-la-la-la
La, la-la-la-la-la, la-la-la-la-la, la-la-la-la-la
La, la-la-la-la-la, la-la-la-la-la, la-la-la-la-la
La, la-la-la-la-la, la-la-la-la-la, la-la-la-la-la