(Here we go!)
I took a train down to New Mexico
With my father and brother, Ansel
You can't know, well, you can't ever really know
Was I really supposed to know?
How the hell would I know?
(There it goes!)

I made a mess of myself and the trip on the whole
My father stayed patient with me; why? I don't know
You can't know, you can't ever really know
That's the last time I'd see my brother, Ansel
(There he goes, so)

Troubles on the head winds, troubles on the tail winds
Troubles on the head winds, troubles on the tail winds

Me and my sister we hung on the phone
Watching the news as they looked for Ansel
On top of that mountain, underneath the snow
Their dogs were sniffin', I guess you never know
You can't know, well, you can't ever really know
Would you really want to know?
How the hell would you know?

On gears around an uncaring sun
It doesn't know what it gave
As the bone moon winds 'round again
Again this allows one sphere's heart to pump
Pumping waves of hearts that come and go
And then come and then

You can't know, well, you won't ever really know
Would you really want to know?
No, you can't know
The last time that you'll ever see another soul
No, you never get to know
No, you don't know


Lyrics submitted by McWeird007, edited by Mellow_Harsher, alex166686, Gregulator

Ansel Lyrics as written by Jim Fairchild Isaac Brock

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    “On gears around an uncaring sun It doesn't know what it gave As the bone moon winds 'round again Again this allows one sphere's heart to pump Pumping waves of hearts that come and go And then come and then”

    Sometime you hear a song a bunch of times from a band you absolutely love and need to survive, and you might dismiss said song as something very black and white and that needs no dissecting (mourning the death of his brother) but then as you look closer and come across a stanza so perfect in its poetic connection, added with the beautiful irony about being disconnected from someone forever, it makes a jackass write some bullshit on a website no one will ever read yet feels complete in just having declared his love and connection to it.

    TomThumb681on November 12, 2019   Link

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