Calamity Song by The Decemberists
Calamity Song by The Decemberists

Calamity Song

The Decemberists * Track #2 On The King Is Dead

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Calamity Song by The Decemberists

Release Date
Fri Jan 14 2011
Performed by
The Decemberists
Produced by
The Decemberists & Tucker Martine
Writed by
Colin Meloy
About

Lead singer, Colin Meloy, told NPR’s World Cafe that this was their attempt at a disaster song.

The music video is noteworthy for being a dramatisation of scene from David Foster Wallace’s 1996 novel Infinite Jest (pp. 321-342). In the scene, several students of an elite tennis academy in Massachus...

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Calamity Song Lyrics

[Intro]
(You and me in the war)

[Verse 1]
Had a dream
You and me in the war of the end times
And I believe
California succumbed to the fault line
We heaved relief
As scores of innocents died

[Chorus 1]
And the Andalusian tribes
Setting the lea of Nebraska alight
Till all that remains is the arms of the angels

[Verse 2]
Hetty Green
Queen of supply-side bonhomie bone-drab
You know what I mean
On the road
It's well advised that you follow your own bag
In the year of the chewable Ambien tab

[Chorus 2]
And the Panamanian child
Stands at the Dowager Empress's side
And all that remains is the arms of the angels
And all that remains is the arms of the angels

[Hook]
Ah ooh
Ah ooh, ooh, oh
Ah ooh
Ah ooh, ooh, oh

[Bridge]
And you've receded into loam
And they're picking at your bones
We'll come home
We'll come home

[Verse 3]
Quiet now
Will we gather to conjure the rain down?
Will we now
Build a civilization below ground?
And I'll be crowned the community kick-it-around

[Chorus 1]
And the Andalusian tribes
Setting the lea of Nebraska alight
'Til all that remains is the arms of the angels
'Til all that remains is the arms of the angels

[Hook]
Ah ooh
Ah ooh, ooh, oh
Ah ooh
Ah ooh, ooh, oh
Ah ooh
Ah ooh, ooh, oh
Ah ooh
Ah ooh, ooh, oh

Calamity Song Q&A

Who wrote Calamity Song's ?

Calamity Song was written by Colin Meloy.

Who produced Calamity Song's ?

Calamity Song was produced by The Decemberists & Tucker Martine.

When did The Decemberists release Calamity Song?

The Decemberists released Calamity Song on Fri Jan 14 2011.

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