Where The Spirit Left Us Lyrics - The Silver Gymnasium - Okkervil River

Through the wall in a soft spring rustle 

Street-side selling some summer hustle 

Across the Maple Street in a bristling fall 

Just whistling all's a balled-up riddle 

Just a high snowball on a curve and a fall 

Through a parking lot at Christmas 

I heard her whisper, I heard him call 

Here's what the gist was 

Only wary in our lives 

Open-eyed and half-ashamed 

That is to say 

A float on a ferry, freezing, tired 

Fully wired, a total waste 

That's where the spirit left us 

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Underneath the house, just like a flameout teen 

Smells like sweat and gasoline 

(Kid, I stand with you) 

And when you get hard, and your eyes get mean 

'Cause you're on the march, well, I could almost kiss you 

Don't let them twist you 

Here have this song, you can take it with you 

Stay lonely, open-wide 

Your eyes all fire, your mind aflame 

Don't be disgraced 

Loose of limb, unlionized 

While all liars fade to grey 

Oh, don't feel detested 

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Did a silence drop? 

Did your walkman stop? 

Did the air turn cold? 

Was the message just so close? 

Ah, but did you choke it? 

Oh, kid, I know 

I know where this is going 

Because we always blow it 

Only wary in our lives 

Open-eyed, half-ashamed 

It's just that way 

Float down that river, freezing, tired 

Fully wired, a total waste 

That's where the spirit left us 

Only wary in our lives 

Your eyes all fire, your mind aflame 

And don't be dismayed 

When this sobbing world goes screaming by 

I swear that if I had my way 

You know I would have blessed it