[Intro]
Fall in
Fall out
Fall along
[Verse 1]
In the first of light
Past the Noachide
Bodies wrapped in white
Stranded every pain
Baby, pasts are slain
"I got outta La Grange"
[Verse 2]
In Hinnom
All this time
With your heart in mind
Didn't you edit?
In Hinnom
Go, the least
And the precious feast
The in-vetted
[Verse 3]
Sand, it starts to steal
Dirt and ice imbed in cheeks
In the potter's field
(Solar peace
Well, it swirls and sweeps
You just set it)
Strangers scattering
Nether passage in the wind
Off pennant tension ring
(Armor, down
On the wettest ground
Not to vet it)
Hinnom, TX was written by Justin Vernon.
Hinnom, TX was produced by Justin Vernon.
Bon Iver released Hinnom, TX on Fri Jun 17 2011.
Vernon explained the story behind the song to UK newspaper The Sun:
When I was working on the lyrics I was coming up with these images of the desert. I had the idea of taking Hinnom, a place near Jerusalem where they have a cemetery for people who don’t have names and plopping it into Texas.
The s...