Occident

Joanna Newsom - Occident

LRC by lzh, from jiangxi pingxiang

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Mercy me, the night is long.

Take my pen, to write you this song.

Lord: is it harder to carry on,

Or to know when you are done?

All my life, I've felt as though

I'm inside a beautiful memory,

replaying

with the sound turned down low.

Long-life, show your face.

Slow-heart, curb your taste.

Smoke me out of my hiding place.

Long-life, state your case.

What in the world are we waiting for-

building glowing cities along the shore,

where the wind batters,

baiting my kin like a matador?

So much value, placed upon

what lies just beyond our plans:

waving my handkerchief,

running along, till the end of the sand.

Long-life, speak your name.

I'm so tired of the guessing game.

But, something is movin