Local Natives

"Sun Hands" I climbed to the top of a hill But I had just missed the sun And although the descending arc was gone Left behind were the traces that always follow along The most beautiful colors chase the sun They wrap her trail in a taunting gest

My king, I'm humbled before you, I bow Moods like you're pulled by the moonlight, somehow How is the language we're speaking the same? Shape shifter have you discovered a change? Why does the soul hallucinate? I've got control, I shift my shape Your

Verse 1: The day after I had counted down all of your breaths, Down until there Were none, were none, were none, were none. A hummingbird crashed right in front of me And I understood all it did for us You gave and gave and gave and gave Ohhhhh Every

In the summer, vicious summer This is nothing like I thought it would look You say, "Who am I to blame?" "Who am I to blame?" Spill yourself at her feet Stamp me out flickering Can you remind me which are the ones that sting? They all

I can see the words as they come out your mouth Black balloons form into a poison cloud Hold me down and bring me back up again Until I can't, I can't tell the difference Circling vultures always overhead Force your hand Every day is life or death Ho

We're running through the aisles Of the churches still in style Does this city have a curfew? Don't you know it's good to see you too The riders on the Champs Elyses We are the tourists in the cafes We drank our wine along the river Not believing whe

Face stained in the ceiling Why does it keep saying, "I don't have to see you right now" "I don't have to see you right now" Digging like you can bury Something that cannot die Or we could wash the dirt off our hands now Keep it from l

i've been going down down into the river baby listen to the sound it's something only god knows you figure it out, i can't stay water's in the clouds is my life about to change? who knows, who cares so we took a van down to colorado where we ran into

You and I, we were always strong It was enough to keep me on Believe me Then I woke up with my green eyes blue And all I think about is you And your fist When did our love, When did our love grow cold? The closer I get, the further I have to go To pl

You haven't stopped your smoking yet, so I'll share your cigarette Just to feel it in my fingers Walk around till three AM, tell me what I know again To keep myself from second guessing All my silver dreams bring me to you Hold the summer in your han

Ooh, ooh, ooh, ooh, ooh, ooh, ooh... Waiting for My words to catch like I'm trying To strike a match that's soaking wet See through skull See through skin Leave all the lights on Can't see out But they see in Stare down my nose, watching The color dr

Cards and quarters Means to ends Surgeon general Warns against Safe in the knowledge Short walk back Punchline I ruin But we both laugh Leaves steeping longer Knowing glance Make our appearance Our minds have gone back home Brave in her movements Sca

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The desk where you sit inside of a Frame made of wood I keep those chopsticks you had from when You taught abroad in Japan I love it all so much I call I want you back I did not know you as well As my father knew you Every question you took the Time

Oh some evil spirit Oh some evil this way comes They told me how they fear it Now they're placing it on their tongues Oh to see it with my own eyes No food or water for the better part of ten months Quietly he sat between the folds of a free trunk Oh