Biography:
The Microphones is the name of a project that Anacortes, WA's Phil Elverum has headed since the late 90s. Its sound is best described as lo-fi "fuzz folk," ranging from drum-crashing, bass-thrashing sonic freakouts, strummy classical guitar love songs, angelic vocal choirs, and almost-whispered vocals over harmoniums and bell kits. In 2004, Elverum abandoned the "Microphones" name to begin recording as Mount Eerie. But in December 2007, he began
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C Fm Am G
C Fm
the heat from the closeness of me tilting towards the sun
Am G
was storing up to ignite the night and light up
C Fm
the coldness of the cave the billowy flames lit up my face
Am G
the thinning smoke hung in the branches waiting for wind
F Fm
my front was warm, the cold backs of my arms
Am G
never felt the dawn, the night was long
C Fm
when the real dawn came i saw it crawl over the hill
Am G
and i felt clean and shook my hair out in the light
C Fm
i looked up and hurt my eyes on the painful powerful sky
Am G
i looked down and felt motion under me
C Fm
i looked out across the freeway at the people flying by
Am G
and turned my head, i closed my eyes, i felt my size
F Fm
i recalled my fire, and my lack of dawn
Am G
my one sided warmth, i just wanted more
C Fm
but i'm small, i'm not a planet at all
Am G C
i'm small, i'm small, we are all
C Fm
the heat from the closeness of me tilting towards the sun
Am G
was storing up to ignite the night and light up
C Fm
the coldness of the cave the billowy flames lit up my face
Am G
the thinning smoke hung in the branches waiting for wind
F Fm
my front was warm, the cold backs of my arms
Am G
never felt the dawn, the night was long
C Fm
when the real dawn came i saw it crawl over the hill
Am G
and i felt clean and shook my hair out in the light
C Fm
i looked up and hurt my eyes on the painful powerful sky
Am G
i looked down and felt motion under me
C Fm
i looked out across the freeway at the people flying by
Am G
and turned my head, i closed my eyes, i felt my size
F Fm
i recalled my fire, and my lack of dawn
Am G
my one sided warmth, i just wanted more
C Fm
but i'm small, i'm not a planet at all
Am G C
i'm small, i'm small, we are all
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