Third of May / Ōdaigahara by Fleet Foxes
Third of May / Ōdaigahara by Fleet Foxes

Third of May / Ōdaigahara

Fleet Foxes * Track #5 On Crack-Up

Third of May / Ōdaigahara Lyrics

Third of May

[Verse 1]
Light ended the night, but the song remained
And I was hiding by the stair, half here
Half there, past the lashing rain
And as the sky[e] would petal white, old innocent lies came to mind
As we stood, congregated, at the firing line

[Verse 2]
Night ended the fight, but the song remained
And so I headed to the wall
Turned tail to call to the new domain
As if in the sight of sea, you're suddenly free
But it's all the same...
Oh, but I can hear you, loud in the center
Aren't we made to be crowded together, like leaves?

[Refrain 1]
Was I too slow? Did you change overnight?
Second son, on the other line...

[Verse 3]
Now, back in our town as a castaway
I'm reminded of the time it all fell in line, on the third of May
As if it were designed, painted in sand to be washed away
Oh, but I can hear you, loud in the center
Aren't we made to be crowded together, like leaves?

[Refrain 2]
Was I too slow? Did I change overnight?
Second son, for the second time...

[Verse 4]
Can I be light and free?
If I lead you through the fury will you call to me?
And is all that I might owe you carved on ivory?

[Refrain 3]
But all will fade. All I say. All I needed
As a flash in the eye, I wouldn't deny, all receded

[Verse 5]
Life unfolds in pools of gold
I am only owed this shape if I make a line to hold
To be held within one's self is deathlike, oh I know

[Refrain 4]
But all will be, for mine and me, as we make it
And the size of the fray, can't take it away, they won't make it

[Outro]
I was a fool
Crime after crime to confess to
But I hold the fleet angel, she'll bless you
Hold fast to the wing. Hold fast to the wing

Ōdaigahara

Third of May / Ōdaigahara Q&A

Who wrote Third of May / Ōdaigahara's ?

Third of May / Ōdaigahara was written by Robin Pecknold.

Who produced Third of May / Ōdaigahara's ?

Third of May / Ōdaigahara was produced by Skyler Skjelset & Robin Pecknold.

When did Fleet Foxes release Third of May / Ōdaigahara?

Fleet Foxes released Third of May / Ōdaigahara on Tue Mar 07 2017.

What did Fleet Foxes say about "Third of May / Ōdaigahara"?

My friend and bandmate Skyler Skjelset’s birthday is May 3, and our album Helplessness Blues was released on May 3, 2011. The song “Third of May / Ōdaigahara” is about my relationship with Skye. It addresses our distance in the years after touring that album, the feeling of having an unresolved, unr...

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