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Released January 20th, 2009 Blood bank is Bon Iver's first EP, it was released after the band's first album For Emma, Forever Ago . The Band Explores much more instrumentation than previous works, including a stunning use of a vocoder and multi-track recorder on the song woods . Read Full BioReleased January 20th, 2009 Blood bank is Bon Iver's first EP, it was released after the band's first album For Emma, Forever Ago .

The Band Explores much more instrumentation than previous works, including a stunning use of a vocoder and multi-track recorder on the song woods .

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Blood Bank
Bon Iver Lyrics

Well, I met you at the blood bank
We were looking at the bags
Wondering if any of the colors
Matched any of the names we knew on the tags

You said "see lookit, that's yours
Stacked on top with your brother's
See how they resemble one another
Even in their plastic little covers"

And I said I know it well

That secret that you knew
But don't know how to tell
It fucks with your honor
And it teases your head
But you know that it's good, girl
'Cause its running you with red

Then the snow started falling
We were stuck out in your car
You were rubbing both of my hands
Chewing on a candy bar

You said "ain't this just like the present
To be showing up like this"
As a moon waned to crescent
We started to kiss

And I said I know it well

That secret that we know
That we don't know how to tell
I'm in love with your honor
I'm in love with your cheeks
What's that noise up the stairs babe?
Is that Christmas morning creaks?

And I said I know it well
And I know it well
And I know it well
And I know it well
And I know it well
And I know it well
And I know it well
And I know it well

Lyrics © Kobalt Music Publishing Ltd.
Written by: Justin Deyarmond Edison Vernon

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Most interesting comments from YouTube:

James Clyde

2y↑434

Well, I met you at the blood bank
We were looking at the bags
Wondering if any of the colors
Matched any of the names we knew on the tags
You said "see lookit, that's yours
Stacked on top with your brother's
See how they resemble one another
Even in their plastic little covers"
And I said I know it well
That secret that you knew
But don't know how to tell
It fucks with your honor
And it teases your head
But you know that it's good, girl
'Cause its running you with red
Then the snow started falling
We were stuck out in your car
You were rubbing both of my hands
Chewing on a candy bar
You said "ain't this just like the present
To be showing up like this"
As a moon waned to crescent
We started to kiss
And I said I know it well
That secret that we know
That we don't know how to tell
I'm in love with your honor
I'm in love with your cheeks
What's that noise up the stairs babe?
Is that Christmas morning creaks?
And I said I know it well
And I know it well
And I know it well
And I know it well
And I know it well
And I know it well
And I know it well
And I know it well

NAPC GAD

2y↑3

Nathan Rodriguez

2y↑11

Amber Dawn Steeves

31w

Well, I met you at the blood bank
We were looking at the bags
Wondering if any of the colors
Matched any of the names we knew on the tags
You said, "See look there, that's yours
Stacked on top with your brother's
See how they resemble one another
Even in their plastic little covers"
And I said I know it well
That secret that you knew
But you don't know how to tell
It fucks with your honor
And it teases your head
But you know that it's good, girl
'Cause it's running you with red.
❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️

All comments from YouTube:

Chance The Wrapper

2y↑1.6K

Bon Iver makes me want to spend every second with my future love I haven't met, but also makes me want to spend my life in a cabin in the woods alone

Iv

25w

OriCH

25w

Qqq

Sailguns

26w

@Marwa Zein wow you’re so profound

Christine Bradshaw

28w

Quiet, and Company, Love and Solitude

C. Bagaso

29w

I thought I was the only one...crazy huh

19 More Replies...

dunder mifflin this is erin

2y↑1.1K

nothing hurts my heart more than music by bon iver

Stephen Brodie

51w

Hes beautiful

Eliud D.B.

1y↑2

@dunder mifflin this is erin pretty gay

Megan G.

@Jan B. 🎉

Kirt Connolly

Can your heart start over again ... Please 🙏!

Jerod Ohlsen

Don't forget Damian Rice

28 More Replies...

Nicky Lindley

2y↑713

the sound on this EP is perfect Bon Iver to me. more complex and layered than the stripped down folk on For Emma, but less orchestral and more intimate than the subsequent albums. I know it's unlikely Justin will go back to this sound, but I want a whole album like this EP - quiet, stark, ghostly and melancholic.

Christian Evans

38w

Amen

Rebecca Lane

Agreed this is my favorite song by him

lafaveproductions

incredible

Kerrie Hume-Anthony

2y↑3

Totally agree. It’s not that I don’t like Justin’s style now. You’re right that he most likely won’t go back to this more stripped/raw sound. He seems to prefer the wall of sound more in his newer stuff.
But I will always be an old school Justin fan.

Lukas Zaghow

Check out Bon Iver's beautifully vulnerable performance of 'Woods'
Be in for an auto-tune treat.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xeFsf0mZ6uA

7 More Replies...

Drake Fulmer

2y↑545

I just messaged my ex to tell her I still think of her when I hear this song even though it’s been almost a decade and how weird the human mind is. I got the first apology from her I’ve ever gotten. It was a beautiful moment. I’m at peace.

rmp5s

21w

@justin HA!!

justin

41w↑4

i was so moved by this i called my ex and reminded her she still has my favorite jacket.

Weston Mitchell

50w↑1

Dude me too just not 10 yrs later

Walker Jones

1y↑2

That’s cool af

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Joseph Kotroba

2y↑169

I heard this song in a bar in Charleston, SC like 8 years ago not knowing what it was or who it was by. I was mesmerized and couldn't stop thinking about the song. For 8 years, I had the melody stuck in my head, but could only remember the lyric "the snow started falling" Today, I finally heard the song again, on the show 'Chuck' of all places.
I thought I'd never hear it ever again in my life. I cant describe the feeling I'm having right now with words.

IntensePeppers

49w↑1

here from Chuck too :)

Roxane Lotthé

1y↑1

Charleston !! That’s were I live :)

clara

1y↑9

this reminds me of the time i tried cheesecake when i was like 7 and absolutely adored it, but i didn't know what cheesecake was or how to describe it and i spent years and years thinking about that cake until i turned like 9 and finally ate the cake again by chance and the feeling: pure bliss, man. i asked people what it was this time and they said cheesecake and since then, man, i've loved cheesecake.

Danielle

1y↑2

I could cry just reading this story. I'm so happy you found it.

dunder mifflin this is erin

2y↑5

P.s I am so happy for you!

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James Clyde

2y↑434

Well, I met you at the blood bank
We were looking at the bags
Wondering if any of the colors
Matched any of the names we knew on the tags
You said "see lookit, that's yours
Stacked on top with your brother's
See how they resemble one another
Even in their plastic little covers"
And I said I know it well
That secret that you knew
But don't know how to tell
It fucks with your honor
And it teases your head
But you know that it's good, girl
'Cause its running you with red
Then the snow started falling
We were stuck out in your car
You were rubbing both of my hands
Chewing on a candy bar
You said "ain't this just like the present
To be showing up like this"
As a moon waned to crescent
We started to kiss
And I said I know it well
That secret that we know
That we don't know how to tell
I'm in love with your honor
I'm in love with your cheeks
What's that noise up the stairs babe?
Is that Christmas morning creaks?
And I said I know it well
And I know it well
And I know it well
And I know it well
And I know it well
And I know it well
And I know it well
And I know it well

ninkaaa

@Melissa A i always search for lyrics

RistoPodolski

2y↑15

@Melissa A I'm non-native English speaker who always appreciates when someone does this. Especially for Vernon's lyrics, because he often makes up new words.

THE FUNK MIGHT FRACTURE YOUR NOSE

2y↑1

Really beautiful lyrics

Ruthless Pragmatism

2y↑21

Melissa there are non english people who listens to Bon Iver.

Melissa A

Who doesn’t know the lyrics though.. that’s the true question. Thank you anyways though for taking the time out of your life to comment all the Lyrics.

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hayhay123

1y↑51

you’ll never realize how much something means to you till you lose it, and then you sit there all alone reminiscing in your bed at 3 in the morning when all the memories come pouring back to you and you sit there in sorrow and paim

Amee L

26w

Gah 😩

random shit

26w

Tell me about it 😓😓😓

Manuel Cabrera

2y↑157

this song is timeless, will always be one of my favorites

p∆ul∆lleπ

Agree

hendra bp

2y↑45

I’m sure as hell gonna play bon iver when the world is ending❤️ don’t bother saving me folks, you’ll find me dancing and crying and remembering the good times while the world’s falling apart.

Cherie

26w

He does play when the world is ending .... DON'T LOOK UP movie, awesome!!

Kate hutchings

2y↑2

It is scary to admit but may be what's happening.....

Wawawawa Wawaw

2y↑395

I wish I had a friend that loves BON Iver just like me

Daniel Paige

28w

I had one and she introduced me to Bon Iver but we haven’t spoken to each other in 5 years because I wanted us to be more than friends

aimie long

41w↑1

I do & We didn’t even know eachother loved Bon Iver until we were best friends for 2 years... It’s been 5 years now & he’s still my best friend.
He’s one of the only reasons I’m still alive today he’s the brother I never knew I had, let alone the big brother I desperately needed in my life to care about me.

I now have a Bon Iver tattoo of a ghost from the song Rosyln & it says “Aren’t we just terrified?”
Funny thing is that I got it done before we met & he really ended up saving me from myself & suicide. I love him so deeply

King Curt

45w

Same

gkanchan123

50w

We're all here

astari nadia

same same same

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715creeks

2y↑143

Unbelievable how influential BI has become in music in the past 10+ years. This song alone has been covered by The Mountain Goats, Third Eye Blind and Architects. Beyond that, the amount of admiration re: JV and co’s work by big artists is overwhelming.

SlashpLOder

road to manila a melodic hardcore band, covered their song perth

musani nlebesi

2y↑3

Kanye West's "favourite living artist"

Matt Hoover

2y↑1

Thought for sure you were yanking our chain at first when I saw "Architects". Wow, what a genre crossover for that cover.

Geek Quiz

2y↑7

Eu adoro essa versão ❣️

Martin Baltser

2y↑13

The songs of Bon Iver goes right to my spine and makes me want to fall down!

Trevor Manning

2y↑11

I wanna hear Bon Iver make more music like this

Jamie Badley

2y↑45

pure poetry. this ep is a go to - such incredible use of colour, it just washes over you. Still get chills from this tune

Adam Callaghan

2y↑10

This was my favorite song for like 5 years. Such a beautiful tune. Thanks so much guys!

mei

2y↑10

i love this song. it just gives me such a strong feeling of tenderness and nostalgia and i can't help but feel content whenever i listen to it

Niibin Andy

1y↑13

I wish I could go back to the time when I first heard this song

Shannon Dempsey

2y↑19

Ten years since I first heard this song, still makes me feel the exact same way...

Todd Porter

2y↑4

A masterpiece both in poetry and tone!

Kaonashi Yakuza

2y↑50

I don't wanna lose this person because of simple moments that we shared together..when we went to the park, when we shared an ice cream, when we walked down the city.... everytime i think it won't work, simple moments like those make me wanna hold in it n stay

Anonymous

38w↑1

Same bro, it’s the little moments that make me want her back. Life moves on I guess. Gotta focus on my goals in life and not fall into a slump I can’t get out of. She told me she loved me talked about our future, going to Amsterdam together, what our kids names would be, our lives together when we’re older and 3 days later ‘your not my person’ ‘i don’t want to see you anymore’

Eric Ellis

2y↑2

The simple moments shared. A life shared. Love

Ryan Quintal

2y↑1

Such a great song and EP as well, one of my favorite songs of all time also

Melissa V

nada como Bon Iver pra deixar o coração quentinho no meio de todo o caos que estamos vivendo 💚

João Victor Maciel

ótima canção!!

Cynthia Siekmoeller

2y↑230

This feels like an anthem. I want to get down on my knees.

That Ellipsis Guy

i Bee Amazin you make this comment, yet you went with 'easy shots'..?

Sir Shake

Nothing new there is there lad

hendra bp

I FEEL U!!!!!

i Bee Amazin

2y↑5

why on earth would you say anything about getting on your knees on the internet? you just given 'em easy shots

Mac

2y↑31

get on them knees boy

Vivi

2y↑11

This is this one song, I always loved since it came out and will always love! It just makes you feel everything!

NAPC GAD

2y↑3

Kenneth Davis

1y↑3

I really enjoy the acapella in heavenly father. What an amazing story teller and a great voice as well

Arianasus Gode

2y↑8

Saw this being played live and was blown away

Ilene Frances

2y↑5

Love it love it love it SO much! One of my all time favorites❤️

Ryan

2y↑8

nunca decepciona :’)

Nathan Rodriguez

2y↑11

Eugenia Pystogova

2y↑101

I wish I knew the real meaning of this song
That's what makes me go back to listen to this song over and over again
I just want to crack this code

Steph Shorette

2y↑2

pretty sure this was one of those songs that is all about perception, he has a story of course that he sees but he wrote it so it pertained to most people and whatever story they may have

E T

2y↑3

read the lyrics and explanation on genius . com

seth lol

2y↑20

the most beautiful pieces of art are those whose meaning solely relies on the viewer’s experience

p b

2y↑28

Trust in the feelings and meaning it gives to you. Sometimes artists create in a cathartic manner and do not even know what the song means to themselves.

Joey Loucks

2y↑195

Quarantine 2020. Love and health to all who are here with a heavy heart

Jim Pickens

1y↑4

who is all here for Quarantine 2021!!!

Anthon Rivboi

Alvin

2y↑5

Still as good as when I first heard it :')

Anthony

45w

Wish this song would just go on indefinitely... just have it as a soundtrack playing in my ear.

Blacktear

42w

This song feels like a snowy night ❤️

juleven

36w↑3

"Do you believe you'll find love someday?"
A question she asked herself while listening to this song.

"Yes, somehow... and I hope it feels like this"

Eli Rickard

2y↑4

his voice just makes everything right.

Oliver

2y↑8

I am shaking in my boots at the prospect of a re-release of "Bon Iver, Bon Ever" come through king!!!!!!!!!

threefax free fire

eu amo esse cara

LEMIFÉR

2y↑2

My favourite artist of all time. How i wish see this band for once in my life

pau

2y↑1

I’ve missed this music toooooooo much ♥️

Ronicles

1y↑1

this song just hits that sweet spot idk how to say it

katsuraflower

wonderful, thanks for the art. 🌺

Free Flow

2y↑1

I love this track, drop something new!!!!!!

kylee freeman

2y↑1

love this song so much❤️

Angela Kate Sparks

2y↑1

I bloody love you, Bon Iver! ♥️

a

1y↑2

I listened to Bon Iver because of him. Thank you so much M. I didn't regret it. You're a life saver. I hope ur always okay. even tho u don't know me that much, i adore you.

feell

43w

que nostalgia boa

ᴀʟᴇᴋ

2y↑4

Finalmente tá lançando esse EP não aguentava mais esperar.

Richard Jeremias

2y↑1

jurei que era a cyborg. btw, estava tao ansioso quanto.

Peas S

1y↑7

Thank You Bon Iver, Avicii and Passenger for everything ♥️♥️.

Control Oz

This song is like a breakup I haven’t had yet. I’ve been listening to it for years. Except I’m going through a breakup after 11 years and I’m listening to it again. If others can survive this than surely I can do the same.

Alot of Hoopla

30w

This song would be perfect in Death Stranding. It fits the rest of the soundtrack so beautifully in terms of sound (how it would fit in with the story idk though)

Natalie Gutierrez

2y↑2

I love you Bon Iver.

LukeSP978

2y↑1

Immense nostalgia rn, haven’t heard this tune for years, brings back some shit I ain’t felt in a while

Carl Juztine Vedeja

31w

i love this song so much, probably gonna make a cover soon

Mike Mckenzie

2y↑1

I’m a bon iver fan even without Chuck but this song and scene made me even more so bon iver has 3 songs in chuck and they were all great

Rose Vlogs

2y↑77

We didn't realize we were making memories, we just knew we were having fun.

Winnie the Pooh 🍯

Maciappula

2y↑27

This song is perfect.

It was even more perfect when I heard it on Chuck !

Emily Annie Evans

2y↑1

I really love it

nikka

2y↑474

damn it's been TEN YEARS

King Curt

45w

Time flys by when we’re having fun!

alberts1985

Copy

Anna

2y↑1

Philip bridges I have no idea how u fell like, but I feel like saying I'm sorry

Johndelaprod

2y↑4

Philip Bridges you definitely need to be a writer

Crystal Cara

2y↑14

Philip Bridges you should write.

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ilario

2y↑1

Absolutely lovely....

Moe Mckouk

2y↑1

This song has a moment of silence that gives me the shivers ....

Krisha M. A. Vedeja

49w↑1

I checked this out because of Elle Fanning's Playlist. It's great, a masterpiece. <3

Jordan Alexander

2y↑1

Jfc, I cant believe its been 10 years. I heard this when I was 18, and knew it was going to be a classic. Here I am at 28, and looks like I was right. This song aged extremely well.

sinook

2y↑1

Bon Iver's music makes me hug the mother nature

Nararia Aji

still feels like musical poetry since long time ago

Mike Travels

since forever ago? ;)

Christopher Montenegro

2y↑2

Thank you for this. I feel nostalgic and it’s beautiful.

sophie miller

me and my cousin both love these songs 😌

BEDERLIN CASTRO

Gracias por esto! ❤

Pia Pia Pia

2y↑17

when you know that the soul is in the blood, blood bank is very eloquent

Tedpool

28w

This song is so beautiful 😍

Marina Cruz

2y↑2

This is one of my favourite songs E V E R. Ty for it

Sher Antonette Go

2y↑2

wow i can believe it's been 10 years since this song came out

sarosh

2y↑5

someone recommended this song under exile and I Love it, can someone recommend more Bon iver songs

Lost Muffin

2y↑2

Listen to all For Emma, Forever Ago songs, you're gonna love them.

Kayben Latir

33w

I hear the “knockin on heavens door” in this and I’m living for it

Nathan Henfling

37w

Me and a buddy used to ride in the woods and start a fire with a lighter. We used whatever we could find. The stars were bright, it was quite, we had beer and we would play this song. This was years ago! We were escaping. We have families now. This hits me

Trent Hobson

2y↑1

This is all too good.

Eloquentz Lion

2y↑2

You can feel the emotion.

Daniel Mutisya

2y↑1

how can you dislike bon iver like you just can't

Isabelle Lindsey

This music makes my body happy

Reynaldo Henrick

2y↑1

The inicial part sounds me like the Watchmen's final season... I'm falling in love with this song 😍

Peter

1y↑1

if you like bon iver i strongly recommend “lufu” by Homes, incredible album.

Amber Dawn Steeves

31w

Richard Jeremias

2y↑1

reminds me the day that i heard it in an episode of greys anatomy years ago. thank you again for this masterpiece. i loved the wallpaper gif, tho.

Castro Daniel

1y↑1

This is perfect

Brian Gorman

2y↑1

i love this song.

David de los santos

2y↑38

Those 4 dislikes were people he didn’t meet at the blood bank

Yasmim

This song is all that I need

Melissa A

2y↑3

MY SOUL 😭🖤 so so beautiful

mariapol17

I first cam across it through a twilight fanfiction.Back on those days they used to put a playlist after the chapter.So many great song suggestions!!

adriana

2y↑2

this song is just... woah

Paul Nelson

28w

Am I the only one who is absolutely wreaked by “Christmas morning creaks”? It takes me back to the home I grew up in, moved out when I was four. His later lyrics, “hall light wishes” seem to always combine with this to create an absolute storm of nostalgia.

Joselyn Carolina Gomez Calvillo

1y↑5

More than one year ago, i start it to listen to this song, what the lyrics says is just what it happen with my ex, We both were listening to this song in his car, i showed him this song after two weeks he cheated on me. I gave him another chance but nothing will be the same again. We broke up again, and i feel better without him, just regret that I shared this song with him.😢

riesmars

MAGICAL✨✨✨✨

Rayana Vidinha

2y↑3

"I'm in love with your honor" ❤️

Em Elizabeth

1y↑3

My first thoughts from hearing this were: Twilight aesthetic, lovers, gloomy skies, and intimacy.

Nebyou Zewdu

1y↑1

Hey bon iver thank you for this song

쿄쿄

2y↑9

This song is much more than music

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