Occident
Joanna NewsomVersion1
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Mercy me, the night is long.
Take my pen, to write you this song.
Lord: is it harder to carry on,
or to know when you are done?
All my life, I've felt as though
I'm inside a beautiful memory,
Replaying
with the sound turned down low.
Long-life, show your face.
Slow-heart, curb your taste.
Smoke me out of my hiding place.
Long-life, state your case.
What in the world are we waiting for
building glowing cities along the shore,
where the wind batters in,
baiting my kin like a matador?
So much value, placed upon
what lies just beyond our plans:
waving my handkerchief,
running along, till the end of the sand.
Long-life, speak your name.
I'm so tired of the guessing game.
But, something is moving,
just out of frame:
Slow-heart,
brace and aim.
Breaching slowly, across the sea,
one mast
a flash, like the stinger of a bee
to take you away,
a swarming fleet is gonna take you
from me.
The universe is getting loose:
sodden spread,
from some leaden disuse,
rushing, unhinged,
toward diminishing lights,
like a headless caboose.
I'll wait for you,
alongside the ocean,
and make do
with my no-skin.
But then, Long-life,
will you let me in?
And then, Slow-heart,
are you gonna know him?
Long-life, speak your name.
I wait, while I decry the wait.
And when I die, may I relate:
Slow heart, congregate.
To leave your home, and your family,
for some distortion of property?
Well, darling, I can't go.
But you may stay
here, with me.
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Readable chord sheet for Occident by Joanna Newsom
[Am]Mercy m[Em]e, the [F]night is [C]long. [Am]Take [F]my [Eb]pen, to wri[Bb]te you this so[C]ng. [Dm]Lord: is it h[G]arder t[Bb]o carry [C]on, [Bb]or to know wh[C]en you are done? [Am]All my[Em] life, I've [F]felt as [C]though [Am]I'm [F]in[Eb]side [Bb]a beauti[C]ful [Dm]memory, Repl[G]aying with the [Bb]sound [C]turned [Bb]down [F]low. [C]Long-[F]life,[G] show your f[C]ace. [Em]Slow-[Am]heart, [Bb]curb your [C]taste. [C]Smoke me [F]out of my h[G]iding p[C]lace. [Em]Long-[Am]life, st[Bb]ate your [C]case. [Am]What in the [Em]world are we[F] waiting [C]for [Am]build[F]ing [Eb]glowing [Bb]cities along the s[C]hore, [Dm]where the wind[G] batters in, [Bb]baiting my [C]kin [Bb]like a m[Bb]atador? [Am]So much v[Em]alue, [F]placed [C]upon [Am]what [F]lies [Eb]just [Bb]beyond our p[C]lans: [Dm]waving my [G]handkerchief, [Bb]running a[C]long,[Bb] till the end of[C] the sand. [C]Long-[F]life, [G]speak your n[C]ame. [Em]I'm [Am]so tired[Bb] of the guessing [C]game. [C]But, something [F]is moving, [G]just out of fra[C]me: [Em]Slow-h[Am]eart, [Bb]brace and [C]aim. [Am]Breaching [Em]slowly, a[F]cross the [C]sea, [Am]one [F]mast a [Eb]flash, like the[Bb] stinger of a [C]bee [Dm]to take you[G] away, a [Bb]swarming fl[C]eet i[Bb]s gonna take [C]you from me. T[Am]he unive[Em]rse is ge[F]tting l[C]oose: [Am]sodd[F]en sp[Eb]read, [Bb]from some leade[C]n disuse, [Dm]rushing, un[G]hinged, toward [Bb]diminishing li[C]ghts, [Bb]like a headless ca[C]boose. [C]I'll wait for[F] you, [G]alongside the[C] ocean, [Em]and make[Am] do with[Bb] my no-s[C]kin. But[C] then, Lon[F]g-life, will y[G]ou let me i[C]n? And [Em]then, Slow-[Am]heart, are you [Bb]gonna know [C]him? [C]Long-li[F]fe, spea[G]k your na[C]me. [Em]I wait, while[Am] I d[Bb]ecry the wa[C]it. [C]And when I [F]die, may[G] I rel[C]ate: [Em]Slow [Am]heart, [Bb]congre[C]gate. [Am] [Em] [F] [C] [Am] [F] [Eb] [Bb] [C] [Dm] [G] [Bb] [C] [Bb] [C] To [Am]leave your h[Em]ome, and your f[F]ami[C]ly, [Am]for [F]some [Eb]disto[Bb]rtion of pr[C]operty? Well,[Dm] darling, I can[G]'t go. But[Bb] you may st[C]ay [Bb]here, wi[C]th me. [Am]