Oh, Precious
Okkervil River * Track #3 On Stars Too Small to Use
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Oh, Precious by Okkervil River
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[Verse 1]
I live in a building where nobody knows me
I go to bed early, I sleep in my clothes
At night I hear screaming down in the street
I dream that I'm slipping, I reach for my feet
[Chorus]
Precious (Precious)
We are falling down, catch us
Precious (Precious)
We are falling down, catch us
Oh no
Down we go, oh no
Down we go again
[Verse 2]
I fill in the holes in my vision with Dexedrine
The landscape spins sideways
The movies and magazines whisper
As they hide on soft silky surfaces
That surely my neighbors and friends
Have their purposes here
The building is maddening
Thirty floors high they are building a needle that pierces the sky
Like a cold vaccination, like a smile through a Polaroid
Surely my neighbors and friends want to be destroyed
[Chorus]
Precious (Precious)
We are falling down, catch us
Precious (Precious)
We are falling down, catch us
Oh no
Down we go, oh no
Down we go again
Oh, oh no
Down we go
[Verse 3]
Lend me a leaf from the rill
Lifting the dreams from you
They sift through the meshes of the ancient afternoon
Leave me alone for awhile
Leave me alone with your smile
And listen to the breaking
All the buildings we are making will be gone
Oh ooh, oh
Oh ooh, oh
[Chorus]
Precious (Precious)
We are falling down, catch us
Precious (Precious)
We are falling down, catch us
Precious (Precious)
We are falling down, catch us
Precious (Precious)
We are falling down, falling down, catch us