Seas Too Far to Reach

Seas Too Far To Reach -Okkervil River

The ladies in my dream are so obliging.

They come on down to do the things I need.

Whether skies are calm or cut apart by lightning,

They're always there to minister to me.

And at break of dawn

They're sweetly shining,

And at quiet of midnight, cold and dim,

They say \"don't harm him.\"

And when I wake

Just as their eyes are crying,

I see that bed

And I just want to climb back in.

But let's gather up your friends

And drive up to that country inn.

We can stay there, feeling water

Warmly wash across our skin,

Giving back all of our tears

So that we can cry them again.

You want to tell your dad you can't believe he's dying,

But let's just walk on down the hall and shut our mouths.

The AM radio is broken down and crying

As on this hour drive we're silent to ourselves.

Let's go back up to your house,

And take our clothes off,

And just push and pull ourselves

Until we're deep inside of sleep.

And with your body next to me,

Its sleepy sighing

Sounds like waves upon a sea

Too far to reach.

But I'll gather up my men

And try to sail on it again,

And we'll walk and quietly talk

All through the country of your skin,

Made up of pieces of the places

That you've dreamed

And that you've been.

We will sleep outside in tents

Upon this unfamiliar land,

And in the morning

We'll awake,

As a foreign dawning breaks,

My men and I

We will awake

Let's try again.