The War Criminal Rises And Speaks -Okkervil River The heart wants to feel The heart wants to hold The heart takes past subway past stop and shop past Beal's and calls it coming home The heart wants a Trail away from alone So the heart turns a sale into a well worn Milestone The heart wants soft furniture Fought for fast food Defended end table that holds paperbacks and back us news The mind turns an itch into a bruise And the hands start to twitch and they're feeling ill Used But you're almost back now you can see by the signs From the bank you tell the temperature and then the Time and the billboard reads some headlines The head wants to turn to avert both it's eyes But the mind wants to learn of some truth that Might be inside reported crimes They found a lieutenant Killed a village of kids After finishing off the wives he wiped off his knife That's what he did And they're not claiming that there's any excusing it That was thirty years back and they just get paid For the facts the way they got them in Now he's rising and not denying his hands are shaking But he's not crying And he's saying how did I climb out of a Life so boring into that moment Please stop ignoring the heart inside oh you readers at home While you gasp at my bloody crimes please take the Time make your heart home Where I'm forgiven by time where I'm cushioned by hope Numbed by long drives where I'm talked off or doped The heart wants to atone oh I believe that it's so Because if I could climb I'd restore Their lives back my own Tens of times now it's size on a far distant road In a far distant time where every night I'm still Crying entirely alone But the news today always fades away as you drive by Until at dinnertime when you look into her eyes Lit by evening sun that as usual comes from above That straight unbroken line The horizon it's rising is a given Just like your living Your heart's warm and kind your mind is Your own So our blood spattered criminal is inscrutable don't worry he Won't Rise up behind your eyes and take wild control Say he's not of this time He fell out of a hole
[00:01.65]The War Criminal Rises And Speaks -Okkervil River [00:06.882]The heart wants to feel [00:10.946]The heart wants to hold [00:15.387]The heart takes past subway past stop and shop past [00:18.923]Beal's and calls it coming home [00:23.345]The heart wants a [00:24.980]Trail away from alone [00:31.174]So the heart turns a sale into a well worn [00:37.968]Milestone [00:39.231]The heart wants soft furniture [00:43.399]Fought for fast food [00:47.172]Defended end table that holds paperbacks and back us news [00:55.28]The mind turns an itch into a bruise [01:02.650]And the hands start to twitch and they're feeling ill [01:08.97]Used [01:09.773]But you're almost back now you can see by the signs [01:17.784]From the bank you tell the temperature and then the [01:20.848]Time and the billboard reads some headlines [01:25.823]The head wants to turn to avert both it's eyes [01:33.601]But the mind wants to learn of some truth that [01:37.445]Might be inside reported crimes [01:41.328]They found a lieutenant [01:45.454]Killed a village of kids [01:49.233]After finishing off the wives he wiped off his knife [01:53.571]That's what he did [01:56.247]And they're not claiming that there's any excusing it [02:04.409]That was thirty years back and they just get paid [02:08.344]For the facts the way they got them in [02:12.437]Now he's rising and not denying his hands are shaking [02:17.89]But he's not crying [02:19.518]And he's saying how did I climb out of a [02:22.754]Life so boring into that moment [02:26.218]Please stop ignoring the heart inside oh you readers at home [02:33.963]While you gasp at my bloody crimes please take the [02:37.582]Time make your heart home [02:40.661]Where I'm forgiven by time where I'm cushioned by hope [02:48.560]Numbed by long drives where I'm talked off or doped [02:55.320]The heart wants to atone oh I believe that it's so [03:02.674]Because if I could climb I'd restore [03:05.454]Their lives back my own [03:09.24]Tens of times now it's size on a far distant road [03:15.951]In a far distant time where every night I'm still [03:19.747]Crying entirely alone [03:23.246]But the news today always fades away as you drive by [03:30.905]Until at dinnertime when you look into her eyes [03:38.915]Lit by evening sun that as usual comes from above [03:43.650]That straight unbroken line [03:47.74]The horizon it's rising is a given [04:01.332]Just like your living [04:08.508]Your heart's warm and kind your mind is [04:14.652]Your own [04:16.373]So our blood spattered criminal is inscrutable don't worry he [04:22.176]Won't [04:23.958]Rise up behind your eyes and take wild control [04:31.282]Say he's not of this time [04:35.263]He fell out of a hole
