Biography:
Okkervil River is an indie/folk rock band from Austin, Texas USA. Formed in 1998, the band takes its name from a short story by Russian author Tatyana Tolstaya. The band currently consists of Will Sheff (vocals, guitar), Will Graefe (guitar), Sarah K. Pedinotti (keyboards), Benjamin Lazar Davis (bass) and Cully Symington (drums).
The band self-released their first album, Stars Too Small to Use, which led them to the South by Southwest music festival.
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Other songs:
- A Favor (guitar Solo)
- A Stone
- Lost Coastlines
- Maine Island Lovers
- Our Life Is Not A Movie Or Maybe
- Plus Ones
- Song Of Our So-called Friend
- Westfall
- A Girl In Port
- A Glow
- A Hand To Take Hold Of The Scene
- A King And A Queen
- All The Time Everyday
- Another Radio Song
- Auntie Alice
- Black
- Black Nemo
- Black Sheep Boy
- Blanket And Crib
- Blue Tulip
- Bruce Wayne Campbell Interviewed On The Roof Of The Chelsea Hotel 1979
- Calling And Not Calling My Ex
- Comes Indiana Through The Smoke
- Dead Faces
- Do What You Gotta Do
- Dont Move Back To La
- Down Down The Deep River
- Famous Tracheotomies
- For Real
- For The Enemy
- From A Cutlass Cruiser
- Get Big
- Hanging From A Hit
- Happy Hearts
- It Ends With A Fall
- It Was My Season
- John Allyn Smith Sails
- Kansas City
- Lady Liberty
- Lay Of The Last Survivor
- Lido Pier Suicide Car
- Lines
- Listening To Otis Redding At Home During Christmas
- Love To A Monster
- Mary On A Wave
- No Hidden Track
- No Key No Plan
- Oh Precious
- Okkervil River Rip
- Okkervil River Song
- On A Balcony
- On Tour With Zykos
- Pink Slips
- Piratess
- Pop Lie
- Presidents Dead
- Red
- Rider
- Seas Too Far To Reach
- She Would Look For Me
- Simon Smith And The Amazing Dancing Bear
- Singer Songwriter
- So Come Back I Am Waiting
- Song About A Star
- Song Of Our So
- Starry Stairs
- The Industry
- The Latest Toughs
- The Next Four Months
- The Rise
- The Valley
- The War Criminal Rises And Speaks
- Title Track
- Unless Its Kicks
- Wake And Be Fine
- We Need A Myth
- Where The Spirit Left Us
- White
- White Shadow Waltz
- Yellow
- You Cant Hold The Hand Of A Rock And Roll Man
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have laid, laid with a towel up over your face,
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waiting forces were gathering outside your door.
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that they once were just a kid at breast and in bib, in blanket and crib.
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find that part in someone else and you'll do good", so
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Hey I love you, it goes without saying.
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find that you have been
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go great, but the reason I came is to say that it won't.
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You should know that it won't, and so, Phillip, let go.
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Safe, safe, enjoy your time feeling so safe,
Am Em
and treasure that smile on your face,
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okay? Because time will see that it's replaced in a while.
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So go on, smile. And handshakes all around- that's your style, and no one
Em Am D
would call it denial, for you're not even sure what's in store, Though it's
G
more.
F C G Am
Than you'll be able to take standing up straight. And it won't be okay.
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And you won' be somebody who it's just happening to, because it's a trap
D
that you, and only you,
C Am C
have laid, laid with a towel up over your face,
Am Em
in your armchair, just lying in wait,
Am D G
waiting forces were gathering outside your door.
C Am C
They sharpened their knives, knives and smiled with no smiles in their eyes,
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a little bit larger in size and a little bit hungrier for that tiny prize.
F C G Am
And my mother once said "Son, remember this, no matter what someone did:
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that they once were just a kid at breast and in bib, in blanket and crib.
F G C Am
So just reach inside yourself and find the part that still needs help,
F C G
find that part in someone else and you'll do good", so
D
I thought that I would.
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C Am C
Hey I love you, it goes without saying.
Am Em
I would give you the world on a tray, though
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they're already tracing a
D G
line across your throat.
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Far too late in the game you'll
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find that you have been
C Am Em
betrayed: propped up and pushed into your place.
Am
I could claim that it all would
D G C F
go great, but the reason I came is to say that it won't.
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You should know that it won't,
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You should know that it won't,
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You should know that it won't, and so, Phillip, let go.
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