The moment I close my eyes
I see a vision made of you.
Cool in it’s small movements,
it is grateful through and through.
It’s like I’ve swimming great depth
and your beauty is the lake:
Prismatic with its spectrum,
it’s way too hard to convey.
~
When this all happen or am I still asleep?
A dream’s been made real for me - I hope it’s something I can keep.
It’s like I’ve found something I wasn’t really supposed to see:
Something so unreal, yet it rests in front of me.
The perfect shade of a Perfect Black,
Drips like ink out from a pen;
against the dark hang Seven Stars.
•
Lost - I can’t tell if it’s real.
I’ve tried so hard to feel;
separated from myself I cannot deal.
The loop:
the chain of gold that you hold is wrapped around me whole;
keeps me able, feeling like I’m in control.
~
This rarity is wonder, yet it’s happened nonetheless.
A gift in its own being, will forever still impress.
It’ s like a knife cuts through it and my heartbeat gets too quick.
Roses color flushes through me from your silver fingertips.
The perfect shade of a Perfect Black
Drips like ink out from a pen;
against the dark hang Seven Stars.
•
RARE - the sight of something like this;
Like a RED RAINBOW IN THE MIST.
How on earth could they be in my midst?
PRETTY, your hair tied back with a bow;
complicated through the grow of the sunlit strands of your hair’s silken flow.
GONE - my sight’s blurry and grey.
Without you here I will stray. In disassociation:
my life’s disarray.
HELD in the palm of your hand,
maybe then I can understand and finally find the strength to help withstand.
~
credits
from Back in Heaven,
released August 28, 2020
Skyler Skjelset - vocals, guitars, bass guitar, synthesizers, organ, percussion
Lou Hayat - vocals
Julianna Barwick - vocals
Christian Wargo - vocals
Deirdre Lentz - vocals
Sean Kwon - vocals
Casey Wescott - piano, organ
Eric Slick - drum kit
Morgan Henderson - percussion
Trevor Spencer - drum kit, percussion
This is undoubtedly my single favorite album of all time. It feels like such a perfect culmination of all the themes and ideas Fleet Foxes has been working with since 2008. It answers many of the questions found on both Helplessness Blues and Crack-Up, and represents an incredible maturation and growth in Robin Pecknold's perspective. Their other albums are certainly masterpieces, but this, in my opinion, is their magnum opus. I doubt it will be recognized as such in its time. isaiah_stuart
Brilliant album all across the board. Beach Boys-esque but fused with the Fleet Foxes aura. Robin and the rest of the band puts out nothing but absolute masterpieces of albums. No filler anywhere! Can't wait to see you in the summer in Syracuse! mmcgourty74
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