Okkervil River

Dead Faces

Okkervil River


And we have fun - we go laughing and running down to the water, there by the sea where the body just floats like a rowboat and the moon's like a harbor light lit in the sky. And this picture's got a woman who looks like 
you and a guy who looks just 
like someone I've seen. When 
it turns out, I hope that it 
turns out the way that you dreamed. Embarcadero train 
station's empty, and I just 
cannot believe how long it 
takes to go all the way home 
through the city. And everyone's looking - at 
least, it's nice to believe 
that everyone's looking. And this picture's got a woman who looks like you, and a guy who looks just like someone I've seen. When it turns out, I hope that it turns out the way that you dreamed. Ghostly faces at my living-room window aren't scared of me because they know I can't hurt them. They press up and see, in the lamp-glow, all of the hurt and the love inside of me. It's their final duty to see right through me. I tell them "twelve hours until the dawn, but we've got to hold on. Hold on to me, because we'll be running down to the water this morning." Well, nobody waits for you to believe in ghosts, lit by moonlight or dawning, or in this picture of you a