Re: Stacks

Album: For Emma, Forever Ago (2008)
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  • This my excavation and to
    Day is Qum'ran
    Everything that happens is from now on
    This is pouring rain
    This is paralyzed

    I keep throwing it down, two
    Hundred at a time
    It's hard to find it when you knew it
    When your money's gone
    And you're drunk as hell

    On your back with your racks as he stacks your load
    In the back with the racks and he stacks your load
    In the back with the racks and you're unstacking your load

    I've been twisting to the sun
    I needed to replace
    And the fountain in the front yard is rusted out
    All my love was down
    In a frozen ground

    There's a black crow sitting across from me
    His wiry legs are crossed
    He's dangling my keys, he even fakes a toss
    Whatever could it be
    That has brought me to this loss?

    On your back with your racks as he stacks your load
    In the back with the racks and he stacks your load
    In the back with the racks and you're unstacking your load

    This is not the sound of a new man
    Or a crispy realization
    It's the sound of me unlocking and you lift away
    Your love will be
    Safe with me Writer/s: Justin Vernon
    Publisher: Kobalt Music Publishing Ltd.
    Lyrics licensed and provided by LyricFind

Comments: 2

  • Chuck from Concord, NhI heard this for the first time on "House" as well. Tracked it down and now I can't stop hitting repeat over & over. Not sure exactly what draws me into this song, but it's in my head for good. Nothing else so far by Bon Iver grabs me like this one. Sounds warm & intimate, like I'm listening to an old LP on my turntable, love it.
  • Tello from Nyc, NyThis song played in the House episode "Wilson's Heart". I liked it so i downloaded it and it turned out to be a really good song. Now im really in to Bon Iver :)
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