Does It Remind You Of When Lyrics - Singles - The Fiery Furnaces

Does it Remind You of When 

How the years have gone 

It's come to this 

A rose on his lapel, in the open coffin I'd give him a kiss 

I have to go up north to play at his funeral 

And his wife is there 

In some chapel she's picked out 

And there's not even an organ 

I have to play on some broken upright piano 

Listen to these low notes 

What a joke 

And you have to park and you couldn't even hear the ceremony in the cemetery 

because the noise from the traffic and construction is so terrible 

And I stood there in the slush 

And I walked along, very slowly 

To the tree by the turn 

And I went in front of my mother and father and sister and husband's graves 

And looked over to the sun setting to the right 

Tick, tock. Tick, tock. Tick, tock. Tick, tock 

And I thought of myself 

And I thought of them 

In the cold hard ground 

You still can't believe 

You still can't believe 

I didn't believe it then 

And I don't believe it now 

I didn't believe it then 

And I don't believe it now 

I didn't believe it then and I don't believe it now 

But there it is 

Listen to this tune I'm playing for you now, kids 

Does it seem sad 

Does it remind you of when 

Shady grave 

Come the summer it will be 

Shady grave 

Come the summer it will be 

Well I can hear the cars just 

A hundred feet behind 

And I smell the rock salt in the air 

And I know in my bones it isn't fair 

And the sun sets in the sleet to the side