Sun Kil Moon
Sun Kil Moon is the current project of San Francisco, California-based sing… Read Full Bio ↴Sun Kil Moon is the current project of San Francisco, California-based singer-songwriter Mark Kozelek, best known for his previous band, Red House Painters. Sun Kil Moon sees Kozelek undertake all the writing, composing, singing and guitar playing accompanied by Anthony Koutsos (also an ex-member of RHP) on drums, and Geoff Stanfield on bass. Tim Mooney also played drums with Sun Kil Moon until his death in June 2012. The band is named after Korean bantamweight boxer Sung-Kil Moon.

Following the dissolution of Red House Painters after the tumultuous release of their last album Old Ramon, Kozelek released a handful of solo recordings before forming Sun Kil Moon in 2002. Their debut album, Ghosts of the Great Highway, was written entirely by Kozelek, and released by Jetset Records in 2003. It is an album centered around the theme of memory, connecting Kozelek's haunting memories with the true-life stories of deceased boxers, such as featherweight champion Salvador Sanchez and flyweight Pancho Villa. Kozelek's music with Sun Kil Moon spans genres such as the simple acoustic country-folk of "Glenn Tipton" to the heavy, Crazy Horse-esque rock of "Salvador Sanchez" and the light-hearted "Lily And Parrots," onto the fourteen minute psychedelic tour de force, "Duk Koo Kim" (another homage to a deceased boxer) and the beautiful and haunting "Gentle Moon" and "Carry Me Ohio." Kozelek's voice is now more flexible and less downcast than in his work with Red House Painters, resulting in a resonant and often beautiful album.

The band's follow-up Tiny Cities was released on November 1st 2005 on Kozelek's own Caldo Verde label. The album covers eleven songs by the indie/alternative group Modest Mouse and, in its sparse production and spare instrumentation, is more or less a solo work by Kozelek.

Kozelek is known for covering songs from bands not normally associated to his genre of slow, introspective music. They are more than traditional covers, as they are extensively re-worked and re-interpreted to the point that they are often not recognizable to the originals, and take on a different meaning despite the lyrics remaining intact word-for-word. Kozelek's 2000 solo debut Rock 'n' Roll Singer featured covers of songs by AC/DC and John Denver.

His solo 2001 follow-up, What's Next to the Moon was an entire album of AC/DC songs done in his typically languid, hypnotically melancholy acoustic style. Even further back, Songs For A Blue Guitar, the 1996 Red House Painters album, featured covers of Yes's Long Distance Runaround, Paul McCartney & Wings's Silly Love Songs and The Cars' "All Mixed Up". Tiny Cities is very much in this tradition, taking the often frenetic, noisy songs of Modest Mouse and transforming them into haunting, acoustic guitar-dominated midtempo ballads filled with a deep-seated, haunting melancholy.
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Sun Kil Moon Lyrics


01 Glenn Tipton Cassius Clay was hated More than Sonny Liston Some like K.K…
02 Carry Me Ohio I'm Sorry that I could never love you back I could never…
03 Salvador Sanchez Salvador Sanchez arrived and vanished Only twenty-three wi…
06 Gentle Moon Smile down on us sun, show your rays When things…
07 Lily and Parrots Here she comes breakin through my window In the early…
08 Duk Koo Kim Looking out on my roof last night Woken up from…
09 Like The River We floated downstream like swans in the sun Surrounded by fr…
10 Pancho Villa Salvador Sanchez arrived and vanished Only twenty-three with…
Admiral Fell Promises Come out from the burning fire butterfly Let me lock you…
Ålesund No this is not my guitar I'm bringing it to a…
Among the Leaves A pillow lays on cold cement A blanket by a broken…
Australian Winter Up through the ashes you rose Leaving her forever purer tha…
Ålesund No this is not my guitar I'm bringing it to a…


Bay of Skulls Had I known Had I been warned The hawks will hover Buzzar…
Ben's My Friend I woke up this morning, August 3rd It's been a pretty…
Bens My Friend I woke up this morning, August 3rd It's been a pretty…
Ben’s My Friend I woke up this morning, August, 3rd It′s been a pretty…
Blue Orchids The ancient streets so crowded and narrow The winding stairs…
Carissa Oh, Carissa when I first saw you You were a lovely…
Carry Me Ohio Sorry that I could never love you back I could never care…
Church of the Pines Spring, spring.. flowers blossom and bloom. Squirrel, squi…
Convenient Parking Soon the chain reaction started in the parking lot Waiting …
Coyote You pointed out the fence It was leaning towards the neighbo…
Day in America Deadliest school shooting since Sandy Hook On Valentine's Da…
Dogs Katy Kerlan was my first kiss I was only 5 years-old…
doo koo kim Looking out on my roof last night Woken up from…
Dramamine Traveling swallowing Dramamine Feeling spaced breathing out…
Duk Koo Kim Looking out on my roof last night Woken up from…
Elaine The hospital called last night They said you'd gone code sil…
Exit Does Not Exist Does not exist, take an exit I hear voices insinuating Feeds…
Floating Come to me my love One more night Come on…
Four Fingered Fisherman You're in the back seat and you say to yourself "it…
Gentle Moon Smile down on us sun, show your rays When things…
Glenn Tipton Cassius Clay was hated More than Sonny Liston Some like K.K…
God Bless Ohio There you were, a little kid in the yard I was…
Grey Ice Water You're standing by the grey ice water Out in the wind…
Half Moon Bay Don't cry my love don't cry no more A crashing sky…
Harper Road Blackberries ripe on the branches Her skin is burning, she …
Heron Blue Don't cry my love don't cry no more A crashing sky…
I Can't Live Without My Mother's Love I can live with the sky falling out from above I…
I Know It It was backstage in Moscow late one night We shared a…
I Love My Dad When I was young my father taught me not to…
I Watched The Film 'The Song Remains The Same' I watched the film 'The Song Remains the Same' At the…
Jesus Christ Was an Only Child Jesus Christ was an only child Went down to the river And…
Jim Wise Spent the day with my dad and his old friend,…
Last Tide Every bird fall weak on lifeless ground Every eye swelled…
Like The River We floated downstream like swans in the sun Surrounded by fr…
lily & parrots Here she comes breakin through my window In the early…
Lonely Mountain Oh, tiring city Leave you from time to time People wear thin…
Lost Verses I came out from under her warm sheets Into the brisk…
Lucky Man Woken up those New York mornings, shivering bones Thinking h…
Micheline Micheline used to come to our house and knock on…
Moorestown Her window looked out on North Church Street An attic space…
Neverending Math Equasion I'm the same as I was when I was six…
Not Much Rhymes With Everything's Awesome At All Times Things were amazing when you lived in LA Things were sublim…
Ocean Breathes Salty Your body may be gone, I'm gonna carry you in In…
Pancho Villa Salvador Sanchez arrived and vanished Only twenty-three with…
Pray for Newtown I was a Junior in high school when I turned…
Richard Ramirez Died Today of Natural Causes Richard Ramirez died today of natural causes Got amped up o…
Salvador Sanchez Salvador Sanchez arrived and vanished Only twenty-three wit…
Salvador Sánchez Salvador Sanchez arrived and vanished Only twenty-three with…
Sam Wong Hotel There by the blue, blue sea On my morning walks Seagulls d…
Space Travel Is Boring Won herself a pass to some far off moon It was…
Sunshine in Chicago Pulling my guitar out of its green velvet case A hundred…
That Bird Has a Broken Wing Foghorns blowing, all day sirens, Long trip, still unwinding…
The Leaning Tree Scattered relics of your love Just lyin 'round your dusty…
The Light Her eyes could have only been born of this ocean Delph…
Third and Seneca In my room at Third and Seneca See the pigeons peck…
Tiny Cities Made of Ashes Were going down the road to tiny cities made of…
Tonight in Bilbao I walked the old eroded streets A million miles now have…
Tonight The Sky Her head lay back in blankets soft white down Her hair…
Tonight The Sky (Alt. Version Her head lay back in blankets, soft white down Her hair…
Truck Driver My uncle died in a fire on his birthday Redneck, heard…
Trucker's Atlas I'm going to Colorado to unload my head I'm going to New…
Unlit Hallway Walking down the unlit hallway of life There's hope I know T…
You Are My Sun You are my light Dark cities, you fill the loss Of the…
Young Love On cold November days don't like to stray too far Or…


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