Bridges & Balloons
The Decemberists * Track #2 On Picaresqueties
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Bridges & Balloons Lyrics
We sailed away on a winter's day
With fate as malleable as clay
But ships are fallible, I say
And the nautical, as all things, fade
But I do recall our caravel
A little wicker beetle shell
With four fine masts and lateen sails
Its bearings on Cair Paravel
Oh, my love
Oh, it was a funny little thing
To be the ones to have seen
The sight of bridges and balloons
Makes calm canaries irritable
And they caw and claw all afternoon
Catenaries and dirigibles
Brace and boil the living room
A womb of metal, a warp, woof, wimble
And a thimble's worth of milky moon
Can beat hearts larger than a thimble
Oh, my love
Oh, it was a funny little thing
To be the ones to have seen
Oh, my love
Oh, it was a funny little thing
It was a funny, funny little thing
Bridges & Balloons Q&A
Who wrote Bridges & Balloons's ?
Bridges & Balloons was written by Joanna Newsom.
Who produced Bridges & Balloons's ?
Bridges & Balloons was produced by The Decemberists & Chris Walla.
What did The Decemberists say about "Bridges & Balloons"?
Pitchfork Magazine: “You change, perhaps inadvertently, a couple key words that really affect the meaning of the song. When she says "brace and buoy the living room,” it sounds as if you’re saying “brace and boil,” which obviously changes the implications of that line a lot."
Colin Meloy: “I just...