time, as a symptom

Singer:joanna newsom

time passed hard

and the task was the hardest thing she'd ever do. but she forgot

the moment she saw you. so it would seem to be true: when cruel birth debases

we forget. when cruel death debases

we believe it erases all the rest

that precedes. but stand brave

life-liver

bleeding out your days

in the river of time. stand brave: time moves both ways

in the nullifying

defeating

negating

repeating

joy of life;

the nullifying

defeating

negating

repeating

joy of life. the moment of your greatest joy sustains: not axe nor hammer

tumor

tremor

can take it away

and it remains. it remains. and it pains me to say

i was wrong. love is not a symptom of time. time is just a symptom of love

(and the nullifying

defeating

negating

repeating

joy of life;

the nullifying

defeating

negating

repeating

joy of life). hardly seen

hardly felt-

deep down where your fight is waiting

down 'till the light in your eyes is fading: joy of life. where i know that you can yield

when it comes down to it;

bow like the field when the wind combs through it: joy of life. and every little gust that chances through

will dance in the dust of me and you

with joy-of-life. and in our perfect secret-keeping: one ear of corn

in silent

reaping

joy of life. joy! again

around-a pause

a sound-a song: a way a lone a last a loved a long. a cave

a grave

a day: arise

ascend. a shore

a tide

unmoored-a sight

abroad: a dawn

unmarked

undone

undarked. no time. no flock. no chime

no clock. no end. white star

white ship-nightjar

transmit: transcend!

white star

white ship-nightjar

transmit: transcend!

white star

white ship-nightjar

transmit: transcend!

white star

white ship-nightjar

transmit: trans