Okkervil River Lyrics
Song of Our So-Called Friend
Remember when our so-called friend would not call out to you while tumbling
loosely out a hole punched through your home? It's pretty clear, though you
could hear, you truly finally knew, in time, he'd tell his tale the way he'd
like it told. Now he isn't on the phone, and his story might as well be so.
Well, loving is as loving does, and I'd say we should know, because we both have
loved, have lost, and are alone. Your face's falling tears, to me they're lovely
and they're dear, though you don't love me and it's clear that I will never see
you in my arms. There's no room in your heart for even this finely-sharpened
dart; although I had started to think there might be hope, it isn't so. So wake
up, make up some new song again around the same tune. The water cools, the
leaves they fall, the sun it bends, the summer ends; our so-called friend
doesn't need you. So proceed out the door and down the street. December's lying
near, but in the oven's heat this house is now a home. Sixty days of trips and
stays you took to tell me, dear, that you cannot love me because you secretly
still love a stone. Although I put my lips to your face, trying to push his kiss
out of its place, although my heart started to race, now it has slowed, I'll let
it go.