The song opens where Celebration left off sounding like the listener is at a bus station of some kind, a stark contrast to the rest of the album’s dreamy and mythical sound/thematic palette.
Julia opens saying “check” like a microphone check opening up on top of the soundscape as if she has plugged...
[Intro]
Umm
Check
So
So lillies when my
When my dreams reflect them
Seeming fragrant, ah
Were sun
[?]
[Verse 1]
[?]
—But his meaning's obscure
My hands are shaking; my heart is cold
On the rack with fear
[Pre-Chorus]
Do you get ready?
[Chorus]
So lillies, so tenderly when my
When my dreams reflect them
Seeming fragrant, ah!
Were sun in their grief
Your white of the dream
Of the dream, unbinding my hands
With my head enclosed
In your violet grace
So lillies, so tenderly
When my dreams reflect them
Seeming fragrant, ah!
Were sun in their grief
Your white of the dream
Of the dream, unbinding my hands
With my head while enclosed
In your violet grace
So lillies, so tenderly
When my dreams reflect them
Seeming fragrant, ah!
Were sun in their grief
Your white
[Verse 2]
So lost
Boredom and fountains, so
Wickedly, eyes, so lost
Boredom and fountains, so
Wickedly, eyes, so
—ly, eyes, when will they turn around?
They turn around?
When will they turn around?
[Interlude]
So lost
Boredom and fountains, so lost
[Outro]
But his meaning's obscure
My hands are shaking; my heart is cold
On the rack with fear
So Lillies was written by Julia Holter.
So Lillies was produced by Julia Holter.
Julia Holter released So Lillies on Tue Aug 30 2011.