Okkervil River - Piratess

the same chord progression is used throughout the entire song . also , these are the same
chords used in a much earlier okkervil river song titled “murderess . ”

F#m D C#m Bm
wh – oooo wrote thoselines on the wall?
A G#m F#m E
let’sretrace where theyscrawled ancientcharacters .
it’s 2 : 00 , and your sister’s slip falls ,
and the afternoon crawls across the room and tackles her .

i don’t think that you would sink that ship that’s only passing through ,
because i don’t believe that you might be a murderess .
but i saw inside each small , dark eye as it was turning blue ,
all the strength inside to do just what the captain says and hang the rest .

moved by the rhyme in the psalm ,
we agreed that it was wrong , and to believe in it .
oooh! , swooned the wall all night long .
but a lie’s a lie , no matter what guy’s breath’s in it .

i don’t know that i would go that far down some dark avenue ,
with a whispering crew of shadows all protecting it .
but i saw inside each small white lie , as it was turning true ,
the ability to do all things expected of it .

oh , murderess , in the wilderness . with your victims all around you .
as their combined love forms a pool your knife’s reflected in ,

now i’m ready , too , with my throat to you .
on this mountain . by this moon .
and what i want the most to do is prove that i’m not like them .