[Verse 1]
Don't you cherish me to sleep, oh-oh, oh-oh-oh
Never keep your eyelids clipped
Hold me for the pops and clicks
I was only for the father's crib
[Verse 2]
Hair, old, long along
Your neck onto your shoulder blades, oh-oh, oh-oh-oh
Always keep that message taped
Cross your breasts you won't erase
I was only for your very space
[Verse 3]
Hip, under nothing
Propped up by your other one, face 'way from the sun
Just have to keep a dialogue
Teach our bodies: haunt the cause
I was only trying to spell a loss
[Verse 4]
Joy, it's all founded
Pincher with the skin inside, oh-oh, oh-oh-oh
You pinned me with your black sphere eyes
You know that all the rope's untied
I was only for to die beside
[Bridge]
So it's storming on the lake
Little waves our bodies break
There's a fire going out
But there's really nothing to the south
Swollen orange and light let through
Your one-piece swimmer stuck to you
[Verse 5]
Sold, I'm ever
Open ears and open eyes, oh-oh, oh-oh-oh
Wake up to your starboard bride
Who goes in and then stays inside
Oh, the demons come, they can subside
[Voicemail Outro]
"...really great. Sorry, I like, really don't want to be with people right now. I can't really do it"
Calgary was written by Matt McCaughan & Justin Vernon.
Calgary was produced by Justin Vernon.
From an interview with Bon Iver’s Justin Vernon with Pitchfork:
“Calgary” really feels like an accomplishment to me. It has a form, a repetitive idea, and a good cadence. I really like the opening line: “Don’t you cherish me to sleep.” There’s that whole thing that happens in relationships– you can...
From an interview with Bon Iver’s Justin Vernon with Pitchfork:
I watched how [artists like Gayngs and Kanye West] were willing to see so many ideas through and allow the weirdest things into songs– things that might not work initially, but that you could ultimately twist and contort into working....