White Shadow Waltz-Okkervil River

[00:07.86]Abandoned by all her admirers, [00:14.79]Wild White Shadow Waltz [00:20.92]Stands alone on a stair down the hall, [00:27.78]Just one slip from a trip and a fall. [00:35.10]In a cold morning, holding her lighter, [00:42.06]Wan White Shadow Waltz [00:48.66] [00:49.72]Stirs, sputters, and stalls. [00:57.09]Then wakes, wavers and walks [01:01.47]Right through her prison walls. [01:08.35]She says, "The doorbell is ringing. [01:12.85]Go see who it is. [01:19.17]Our little island's sinking into mist..." [01:30.62] [01:32.18]A day came. A night went. It lightened. [01:38.06]An animal broke his way out, [01:42.50]Moped through a scattering crowd, [01:52.69]And crawled back to his circus shell. [01:58.63] [02:00.25]And circling the zoo's screaming clients [02:05.93] [02:07.11]Was White Shadow Waltz, [02:14.80]Deaf to their torn breaths and calls. [02:21.35]Wait, take a look closer... he's hardly moving at all. [02:31.67] [02:37.44]She says, "Someone is knocking, [02:44.63]Go see who it is. [02:51.06]Our little world is shaking... [02:53.50] [02:56.79]I guess our little world is breaking..." [03:00.99] [03:02.93]In the presence of all our despisers [03:10.59]We'll falter and crawl to our bed. [03:16.91] [03:17.85]The world is a black shadow bled. [03:24.41]And what is this tune in my head? [03:30.63]She says: [03:31.94]"It's just the white wind when it whimpers." [03:39.31]"It's just the black rain when it squalls." [03:45.52]"It's just white meat whistling a waltz." [03:49.72] [03:52.77]"It's just nine hands wiping a white shadow off of the walls."