Sisters Of The Moon Craig Wedren, St. Vincent

Intense silence As she walked in the room Her black robes trailing A sister of the moon And a black widow spider makes More sound than she And black moons in those eyes of hers Made more sense to me Heavy

Sweetest Fruit St. Vincent

My SOPHIE climbed the roof To get a better view of the Moon Moon My God, then one wrong step Took her down to the depths But for a minute, what a view What a view You're a natural, baby You don't have

Regret St. Vincent

Morning pry the windows open Let in what's so terrifying Summer is as faded as a lone cicada call Memories so bright I gotta squint just to recall Regret the words I've bitten More than the ones I ever

Human Racing St. Vincent

You look like death like you sure could use some rest from this place human racing and the faces of people who pound at your door They always want more they want more Hummingbird, what\'s the word

Year Of The Tiger St. Vincent

When I was young Coach called me the tiger I always had A knack with the danger Living in fear in the year of the tiger Living in fear in the year of the tiger Italian shoes Like these rubes know

The Apocalypse Song St. Vincent

Wait I\'ll be swifter than the speed of light Carbon my body a billion years of time You wake with the stitches over both your eyes And deny me my body and all earthly delights It\'s time You are

Psychopath St. Vincent

Running down the highway like a psychopath All the flames and fury honey at my back Wanna make a bet whether I make it back cause I'm on the edge of a heart attack You said Honey quit your worrying Distance

Violent Times St. Vincent

(Huh) Violent times Almost lost you in these violent times I forgot people could be so kind In these violent times Dollar signs Almost lost it chasing dollar signs Know the cost, but I forgot the price

I Prefer Your Love St. Vincent

I, I prefer your love To Jesus Little baby on your knees Cause the world has got you down Name tagged tourists, sick at the sight of them Tight walking the sidewalk in spite of them As my headache moves

Jesus Saves, I Spend St. Vincent

While Jesus is saving I\'m spending all my days In backgrounds and landscapes with the languages of saints While people are spinning like toys on Christmas day I\'m inside a still life with the other

Northern Lights St. Vincent

If you say it is then I guess it is What you say it is but I don't feel anything Cause your pendulum doesn't swing again Yeah your pendulum hasn't swung back in It's a champagne year full of sober

Huey Newton St. Vincent

Feelings flash cards Fake knife real ketchup Cardboard cutthroats Cowboys of information Pleasure dot loathing dot Huey dot Newton Oh it was a lonely lonely winter Fuckless porn sharks Toothless

Laughing with a Mouth of Blood St. Vincent

Just like an amnesiac Trying to get my senses back Oh, where did they go Laughing with a mouth of blood From a little spill I took Oh, what are you laughing at See I traded my plot of land For a plane

Actor Out of Work St. Vincent

You're a supplement, you're a salve You're a bandage, pull it off I can quit you, cut it out You're a patient, iron lung You're a cast signed broken arm You're an actor out of work You're a liar and that's

Digital Witness St. Vincent

your seat Get back lash in tear Uuuuu-uh I want all in your mind People tell you TV only looks just like a window Yeah People tell you TV only looks just like a window Yeah DIGITAL WITNESSES, what’s the

What Me Worry St. Vincent

What me worry I never do I'm always amused and amusing you Sans le fear of impending doom Life is like banquet food Pleasure to peruse Do I amuse you, dear Would you think me queer If while standing beside

Hell Is Near St. Vincent

Empty cup and a can full of marigolds Half-burned candle, a picture pinned on the wall Letters, records, and ash on linoleum Signs of life, the beginning, the beginning Our beginning, begin again I was

What Me Worry? St. Vincent

I never do I\'m always amused and amusing you Sans le fear of impending doom Life is like banquet food: pleasure to peruse Do I amuse you, dear?

Black Rainbow St. Vincent

There's a black rainbow upon my house Match the curtains and the floors Think I'm glass I think I'm breaking it Wrecking ball outside the door Let the children act like furniture For the ladies of the

The Neighbors St. Vincent

Sister say a prayer for us one we learned from nuns and such I won't believe not a word you speak just make it sweet to hear Let's pour wine in coffee cups and drive around the neighborhood And shine the

Prince Johnny St. Vincent

Prince Johnny, you're kind but you're not simple By now I think I know the difference You wanna be a son of someone Remember the time we went and snorted That piece of the Berlin Wall that you'd extorted

So Many Planets St. Vincent

Misfiring chemicals and scary ideas This revolution isn't fun, ma I'm out of fashion, I got God on my heels I'm dropping promises like H-bombs But keep calm I'm at the back of my head (Oh-ooh) Watching

Marrow St. Vincent

Muscle connects to the bone And bone to the ire and the marrow I wish I had a gentle mind And a spine made up of iron Mouth connects to the teeth And teeth to the loves and curses Honey can you reach the

Teenage Talk St. Vincent

Katie kept the list of times Now that she had really done it done it So we swarmed like flies Pretending that we weren't terrified Til we snuck out that night Rolled the Chrysler down the driveway But

Reckless St. Vincent

I watched you all night 'til the dawn had come And the angels came down and picked you up Breathless The smell of your hair on curtains, babe The wind blew the windows out in the rain Reckless, reckless

Hysterical Strength St. Vincent

Hey it's your blood That makes my veins run It's true, so I tried to give it back to you Young one, look at me It's not your beast to leash Oh don't hold more than you can stand to carry Must of

Severed Crossed Fingers St. Vincent

When your calling ain't calling back to you I'll be side stage mouthing lines for you Humiliated by age, terrified of youth I got hope but my hope isn't helping you Spitting our guts from their gears Draining

The Bed St. Vincent

We're sleeping underneath the bed To scare the monsters out With our dear daddy's Smith and Wesson We've gotta teach them all a lesson Don't move Don't scream or we will have to shoot Stop right where

Paris Is Burning St. Vincent

I write to give word the war is over Send my cinders home to mother They gave me a medal for my valor Leaden trumpets spit the soot of power They say, \"I\'m on your side \"When nobody is, \'cause

Just the Same But Brand New St. Vincent

The people in the street had overtaken you By the time you rounded Second Avenue So I walked away All perfumed Felt just the same But brand new And anything you wrote I checked for codes and clues The

Landmines St. Vincent

I\'m crawling through landmines Just to know where you are There\'s smoke in my eyes Cause you\'re burning the ground I\'m crawling through landmines Just to feel where you are Under cover of night

Pieta St. Vincent

Baptized in the shallow end Of a Holiday Inn Limbs dangled over my Pa Like an inverse Pieta Mother Nature cried You are Leviathan, my child You are Leviathan inside And my lungs runneth over With chlorinated

Surgeon St. Vincent

I spent the summer on my back Another attack Stealing just to get along, get along, get along Turn off the TV, wait in bed of Blue and red a little Somethin' to get along, get along, get along...

All Born Screaming (Feat. Cate Le Bon) St. Vincent

I have climbed power lines and mountains Just to feel above the ground I have crawled out your hallowed houses Just to feel my headache pound I feel like graffiti on a urinal in the abattoir Well, it goes

Bring Me Your Loves St. Vincent

Bring me your loves All your loves, your loves I wanna love them too, you know x4 I thought you were like a dog I thought you were like a dog But you made a pet of me Bring me your loves All your loves

The Antidote St. Vincent

I am the antidote I’ll suck your venom out Show me where it really hurts I’ll show you where it really hurts Should’ve stopped for the wind Should’ve stopped for love Should’ve stopped for the wind Should

The Strangers St. Vincent

Lover, I don't play to win but for the thrill until I'm spent Paint the black hole blacker, paint the black hole blacker I threw flowers in your face on my sister's wedding day Paint the black hole blacker

The Party St. Vincent

Honey, the party You went away quickly But oh that's the trouble With ticking and tocking I licked the ice cube From your empty glass Oh we stayed much too late Till they're cleaning the ashtrays Do you

Flea St. Vincent

I'm just like a hungry little flea Jumping on somebody's warm body When you start to itch and scratch and scream Once I'm in, you can't get rid of me Once I'm in, you can't get rid of me Drip you in diamonds

Chloe In The Afternoon St. Vincent

You’re all legs I'm all nerves black lacquered horse hair whip By your heels heal my hurt horse hair whip be your floor Chloe in the afternoon Chloe in the afternoon Chloe in the afternoon Chloe in

Sparrow St. Vincent

No eyes are on the sparrow, eyes are on the sparrow He is singing anyway The lark keeps whistling his number, silly little number Although he's being chased And no eyes are on the sparrow, eyes are on

The Power's Out St. Vincent

Monday morning, subway station Pushers pushing, racers racing Came the message on the station "The power's out across the nation" And, "Ladies and gentlemen, it seems we got a problem" The man on my screen

Birth In Reverse St. Vincent

Oh, what an ordinary day Take out the garbage, masturbate I'm still holding for the laugh The dogs will bark so let them bark The birds will cry I'll let them cry Here's my report from the edge Like a

Rattlesnake St. Vincent

Follow the power lines back from the road No one around so I take off my clothes Am I the only one in the only world Oh oh, oh oh, oh oh, oh oh Woah oh, oh oh, oh oh, oh oh Oh oh, oh oh, oh oh, oh oh I

All My Stars Aligned St. Vincent

I read the signs, I got all my stars aligned My amulets, my charms, I set all my false alarms So I\'ll be someone who won\'t be forgotten I\'ve got a question and you\'ve got the answer I\'ll do

Every Tear Disappears St. Vincent

Oh, a smile is more than showing teeth Oh, it's not the potion, it's the magic that I seek Every tear disappears Every tear disappears Oh, the more that I struggle the deeper in the pit If I can show a

Bicycle St. Vincent

You stole my bicycle So I had to walk Twenty six blocks in the rain What a shame You took my tennis shoes So I took the train To avoid the rain What a shame You saw me on the street You offered me a seat

Bad Believer St. Vincent

What do you know I\'m just a bad believer What do you know What do you know From the nave and down into the altar I left my momma sitting in the pew Knelt before the trembling pastor Fainted as

Champagne Year St. Vincent

So I thought I'd learned my lesson But I secretly expected A choir at the shore And confetti through the fall night air I'll make a living telling people what they want to hear It's not a killing

These Days St. Vincent

I've been out walking I don't do too much talking these days These days These days I simply think a lot About the things that I forgot to do And all the times I had the chance to I've stopped my rambling