The Possum Lyrics - Universal Themes - Sun Kil Moon

Yesterday, I was working in my yard when I saw a possum 

Swinging in the foothills and he was all beat up and hobbling 

I got a closer look and his foot was mangled 

I was woken up earlier by what I thought was the cat tangled 

But it was him who got it bad from the cat that night 

Slowly down the hill when he slipped under the fence 

I brought myself up to check him out; he found a nook under the air conditioner 

I pointed him out to Caroline, she crouched down and he was shaking and full of fear 

And when she stood up, I asked, "Baby, why you crying?" 

She said, "Because he's cute and he's down there and he's dying" 

I went up to my room and I got a call from Justin 

He was in San Francisco and Godflesh was playing 

Caroline drove me halfway there where I met Tony 

And we drove to the city and we parked out in front of the DNA 

Justin and us, we had some laughs and we took photographs backstage 

And our guts were protruding and all of them and we just kept laughing and laughing and laughing and laughing and laughing and laughing and laughing 

Laughing and laughing and laughing and laughing and laughing and laughing and laughing 

Laughing and laughing and laughing and laughing and laughing and laughing and laughing 

Laughing and laughing and laughing and laughing and laughing and laughing and laughing 

And when Godflesh took the stage, Tony and I, we stood there floored 

Drum machines hammered and feedback blazed 

For a moment, everybody grew silent 

While Justin tuned his guitar; like a church, it got so quiet 

Just for a minute, and then they all soared together 

Like a car off a cliff, we crashed and burned over and over and again and again 

They threw hard vicious guttural B-flats 

[?] like a tough Roberto "Hands of Stone" Durán in the seventh round 

Davey Moore June 16, 1983 

Godflesh [?] like an early Mark "Gator" Rogowski 

Justin lunged at the mic like a hungry grey white 

He was on fire, giving it everything he had and killing it that night! 

Tearing out his prey and it came to a screeching halt 

A relentless and beautiful voice, a 70 minute assault 

And then he bowed down and he set his seven string electric guitar down 

And screeched to holy hell and they disappeared and off went the crowd 

Then we had pizza and I came back to my apartment in the city 

Until 4AM, I watched movies and my ears were ringing 

And I called Caroline out at the house 

We talked about the concert, about the possum down in the nook 

And the ocean air came through my window 

And the sound of foghorns, and then when I woke 

Godflesh was down in LA 

Tony had an open house that day 

And I looked out at Sausalito 

And Caroline was on her way back from Lake Tahoe 

I got a call from Paolo Sorrentino 

I'd be off to Switzerland in a week or so 

Caroline came home that night and we had dinner and watched HBO 

And I'm grateful for her love and for my friends 

And to have seen the possum walk its last walk along the island 

I want to grow old and to walk my last walk 

Knowing that I, too, gave it everything I got 

But again it's all roadblocks and all obstacles I fought 

For to live another day is much better than to not 

And I'd like to die with music in my ears 

The piano of Maurice Ravel or Godflesh's guttural growls from hell 

The sound that evokes good memories of being young and able to get around 

And I'd like Caroline beside me 

That old possum lost the fight 

His sad, black eyes; what a thing to see on a glowing Easter Sunday 

But that rodent was loved and he's still thought of 

Church bells rang that day 

I remember hearing them in the afternoon just as we left 

He had to have heard them too