A Stone-Okkervil River

[ti:A Stone] [ar:Okkervil River] [al:Okkervil River Live At Schubas] [by:] [offset:0] [00:00.00]A Stone - Okkervil River [00:36.15]Hot breath [00:38.83]Rought skin [00:42.83]Warm laughs and smiling [00:45.82]The lovliest words [00:48.69]Whispered and meant [00:51.37]You like all these things [00:55.18] [01:01.54]But though you like all these things [01:06.72]You love a stone [01:11.90]You love a stone [01:14.52] [01:17.08]Because it's smooth and it's cold [01:26.00] [01:27.06]And you'd love most [01:29.87]To be told [01:32.08]That it's all your own [01:34.39] [01:36.82]You love white veins [01:38.94] [01:39.57]You love hard grey [01:41.93]The heaviest weight [01:44.06]The clumsiest shape [01:46.49]The earthiest smell [01:49.30]The hollowest tone [01:52.16]You love a stone [01:54.48] [02:07.33]And I'm found too fast [02:09.14]Called too fond of flames [02:10.89]And then I'm phoning my friends [02:13.32]And then I'm shouldering the blame [02:15.71]While you're picking pebbles [02:17.95]Out of the drain [02:20.26]Miles ago [02:25.32]You're out singing songs [02:27.38]And I'm down shouting names [02:29.69]At the flickerless screen [02:32.31]Going f**king insane [02:34.55]Am I losing my cool [02:36.86]Overstating my case [02:39.23]Well baby what can I say [02:42.29] [02:44.41]You know I never claimed [02:48.84]That I was a stone [02:53.77]And you love a stone [02:56.46] [02:58.83]You love white veins [03:01.38]You love hard grey [03:03.38]The heaviest weight [03:05.63]The clumsiest shape [03:07.87]The earthiest smell [03:10.42]The hollowest tone [03:12.79]You love a stone [03:20.47] [03:41.68]You love a stone [03:47.17]Because it's dark and it's old [03:55.41]And if it could start [03:57.42]Being alive [03:59.29]You'd stop living alone [04:02.47] [04:04.41]And I think I believe that [04:07.53]If stones could dream [04:09.15]They'd dream of being laid [04:11.14]Side-by-side [04:11.39]Piece-by-piece [04:13.89]And turned into a castle [04:16.26]For some towering queen [04:18.82]They're unable to know [04:23.88]And when that queen's daughter [04:26.56]Came of age [04:28.43]I think she'd be lovely [04:30.81]And stubborn and brave [04:33.25]And suitors would journey [04:35.81]From kingdoms away [04:37.93]Just to make themselves known [04:41.86] [04:43.29]And I think that I know [04:45.66]The bitter dismay of a lover who brought [04:49.91]Fresh brouquets every day [04:52.65]When she turned him away [04:54.90]To remember some knave [04:57.52]Who once gave [04:58.46]Just one rose one day years ago