Okkervil River
Okkervil River
Okkervil River
Okkervil River
Okkervil River
Okkervil River
Okkervil River
Okkervil River
Okkervil River
Okkervil River
Okkervil River
[Verse 1]
Abandoned by all her admirers
Wild White Shadow Waltz
Stands alone on a stair down the hall
Just one slip from a trip and a fall
[Verse 2]
In a cold morning, holding her lighter
Wan White Shadow Waltz
Stirs, sputters and stalls
Wakes, wavers and walks right through her prison walls
[Interlude]
She says, "The doorbell is ringing
Go see who it is
Our little island's sinking into mist"
[Verse 3]
A day came, a night went, it lightened
An animal broke his way out
Moped through the scattering crowd
And crawled back to his circus shell
[Verse 4]
And circling the zoo's screaming clients
Was White Shadow Waltz
Deaf to their torn breaths and calls
Wait, take a look closer hey, he's hardly moving at all
[Interlude]
She says, "There's someone is knocking
Go see who it is
Our little world is shaking
I guess our little world is breaking"
[Verse 5]
In the presence of all our despisers
We'll falter and crawl to the bed
Our world is a black shadow bled
And what is this tune in my head?
[Outro]
She says, "It's just the white wind when it whimpers
It's just the black rain when it squalls
It's just white meat whistling a waltz
It's just nine hands wiping a white shadow off of the walls"
White Shadow Waltz was written by Will Sheff.
White Shadow Waltz was produced by Will Sheff.
Okkervil River released White Shadow Waltz on Tue May 10 2011.
In an interview with Spin, frontman Will Sheff said:
This was a weird song to write; I was feeling wired and agitated and melodramatically decided I was going to lock myself in my room and close all the blinds and sit in the dark and wouldn’t allow myself to leave until I had written a song. And th...