Bruce Wayne Campbell Interviewed on the Roof of the Chelsea Hotel 1979
Okkervil River Lyrics

Pull down the shades, lets kill the morning
Let's close the curtains and avoid the day ahead

Lets kill the morning, let it die
Ignore the morning and let it pass us by

Will your eyes flash out a warning
Do you have a message to share with your gaze?

But they'll be another morning after afternoon and tonight
There will always be another day, no need to worry

Fuck long hours sick with singing
I'm tired of performing the same songs

Sick with singing the same songs
It's boring to keep singing the same tunes

In the bars, they'll soon be drinking
People will start drinking in the bars soon

Lets cash my check and drink along
Let's cash my paycheck and drink with everyone else

Old times, hello, hey, I've missed you
I remember the past fondly and miss it

Old life, hey now, let me in
I want to go back to the way things were before

Because you win on every issue
You always come out on top

Now, can I kiss you?
Is it okay if I kiss you now?

Don't you care how long it's been?
Do you not miss the past at all?

It has been so many years, I lived my yearning
It's been too long, and I've longed for the past

But in every bed, it led me through
My desire for the past has guided me through various experiences

They only bloom on what was burning
My experiences have only flourished on what was intense

And it grew, the fire grew
The intensity of my experiences kept growing

And now with nothing to consume
But now I have nothing to fuel this intensity

It's turned on me in my glass room
And now this intensity is trapping me and becoming harmful

Where I'll burn, you think I'm finished
I'll be consumed by this intensity, but others may think I'm done for

Think I'm not winning
But little do they know, I'm still fighting and winning

Well, go on, assume
You can assume what you want, but I know the truth

So, take me, I'm yours, morning starship
Take me with you on this journey, I'm yours to command

Sparkling stars line your lights as they lift off the loneliest street corner
The night sky fills the view as we lift off the desolate street corner

This clown has yet leaned against
Even a goofball like me has never leaned against something like this before

I'll let all these fine faces fold into me
I'm ready to embrace all these great people around me

The warmth from the space lights illumines the sea as the laughingest mouths wetly open
The bright light from the stars lights up the ocean as everyone around me laughs

But we set them sighing
Despite their laughter, we remind them of things that make them sad

We'll take them flying
But we'll lift them up and help them soar

And we'll take this man left almost passed out
We'll help this poor guy who's almost unconscious

Cause we're pretty sure he needs a hand
We're pretty certain he could use some assistance

He says he can't stand
He tells us he can't stand on his own

And when we pick him up
But we're here to lend a hand and give him support

He asks us where this ship will land
He's curious where this journey will take him

But he knows we know it isn't coming down
But deep down inside, he knows this ship will never come back down to Earth

He knows we know we'll fly so far
But he also knows we'll fly so far away from the memories that once held us down

Til finally stars hold him in all around
And until finally, the stars surround him, engulfing him in all their glory

Til he forgets the ground
Until he forgets the world below, and is lost in the nebulas and stars

Til he forgets the crawling way
Until he forgets the monotonous life he once led and embraces the endless possibilities

Real people sometimes are
Despite our faults, we're all still human at the end of the day