The Shrine/An Argument

Album: Helplessness Blues (2011)
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  • I went down among the dust and pollen
    To the old stone fountain in the morning after dawn
    Underneath were all these pennies fallen
    From the hands of children
    They were there and then were gone

    And I wonder what became of them
    What became of them

    Sunlight over me no matter what I do
    Apples in the summer are golden sweet
    Everyday a passing complete

    I'm not one to ever pray for mercy
    Or to wish on pennies in the fountain or the shrine
    But that day you know I left my money
    And I thought of you only
    All that copper glowing fine

    And I wonder what become of you
    What became of you

    Sunlight over me no matter what I do
    Apples in the summer are golden sweet
    Everyday a passing complete
    Apples in the summer are golden sweet
    Everyday a passing complete

    In the morning waking up to terrible sunlight
    All diffuse like skin abuse the sun is half its size
    When you talk you hardly even look in my eyes
    In the morning, in the morning

    In the doorway holding every letter that I wrote
    In the driveway pulling away putting on your coat
    In the ocean washing off my name from your throat
    In the morning, in the morning

    In the ocean washing off my name from your throat
    In the morning, in the morning

    Green apples hang from my tree
    They belong only to me
    Green apples hang from my green apple tree
    They belong only to, only to me

    And if I just stay awhile here staring at the sea
    And the waves break ever closer, ever near to me
    I will lay down in the sand and let the ocean leave
    Carry me to Innisfree like pollen on the breeze Writer/s: Robin Noel Pecknold
    Publisher: Kobalt Music Publishing Ltd.
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