Lost Coastlines Lyrics - The Stand Ins - Okkervil River

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, thinking wish I didn't hand it in 

'Cause 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." 

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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 

And we sail out on orders from him but we find 

The maps he sent to us don't mention lost coastlines 

Where nothing we've actually seen has been mapped or outlined 

And 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 gonna say it outright 

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