Biography:
Okkervil River is an indie/folk rock band from Austin, Texas USA. Formed in 1998, the band takes its name from a short story by Russian author Tatyana Tolstaya. The band currently consists of Will Sheff (vocals, guitar), Will Graefe (guitar), Sarah K. Pedinotti (keyboards), Benjamin Lazar Davis (bass) and Cully Symington (drums).
The band self-released their first album, Stars Too Small to Use, which led them to the South by Southwest music festival.
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Other songs:
- A Favor (guitar Solo)
- A Stone
- Lost Coastlines
- Maine Island Lovers
- Our Life Is Not A Movie Or Maybe
- Plus Ones
- Song Of Our So-called Friend
- Westfall
- A Girl In Port
- A Glow
- A Hand To Take Hold Of The Scene
- A King And A Queen
- All The Time Everyday
- Another Radio Song
- Auntie Alice
- Black
- Black Nemo
- Black Sheep Boy
- Blanket And Crib
- Blue Tulip
- Bruce Wayne Campbell Interviewed On The Roof Of The Chelsea Hotel 1979
- Calling And Not Calling My Ex
- Comes Indiana Through The Smoke
- Dead Faces
- Do What You Gotta Do
- Dont Move Back To La
- Down Down The Deep River
- Famous Tracheotomies
- For Real
- For The Enemy
- From A Cutlass Cruiser
- Get Big
- Hanging From A Hit
- Happy Hearts
- It Ends With A Fall
- It Was My Season
- John Allyn Smith Sails
- Kansas City
- Lady Liberty
- Lay Of The Last Survivor
- Lido Pier Suicide Car
- Lines
- Listening To Otis Redding At Home During Christmas
- Love To A Monster
- Mary On A Wave
- No Hidden Track
- No Key No Plan
- Oh Precious
- Okkervil River Rip
- Okkervil River Song
- On A Balcony
- On Tour With Zykos
- Pink Slips
- Piratess
- Pop Lie
- Presidents Dead
- Red
- Rider
- Seas Too Far To Reach
- She Would Look For Me
- Simon Smith And The Amazing Dancing Bear
- Singer Songwriter
- So Come Back I Am Waiting
- Song About A Star
- Song Of Our So
- Starry Stairs
- The Industry
- The Latest Toughs
- The Next Four Months
- The Rise
- The Valley
- The War Criminal Rises And Speaks
- Title Track
- Unless Its Kicks
- Wake And Be Fine
- We Need A Myth
- Where The Spirit Left Us
- White
- White Shadow Waltz
- Yellow
- You Cant Hold The Hand Of A Rock And Roll Man
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[Verse]
D A
Through the wall in a soft spring rustle
D A
Street-side selling some summer hustle
D A
Across the Maple Street Bridge in a bristling fall
D A
Just whistling all's a balled up riddle
D A
Just a high snowball on a curve-and-fall
D A
Through a parking lot at Christmas
Em
I heard her whisper
Bm
I heard him call
A
Here's what the gist was:
[Chorus]
D F#m Bm
Only wary in our lives
A G
Open-eyed and half-ashamed
D A G A
That is to sa y
D F#m
Afloat on a ferry
Bm A G
Freezing, tired, fully wired, a total waste
A
That's where the spirit left us
[Verse]
D A
Underneath the house just like a flameout teen
D A
Who smells like sweat and gasoline
Kid, I stand with you
D A
And when you get hard and your eyes get mean
D
Cause you're on the march
A
Well, I could almost kiss you
Em
Don't let them twist you
Bm
Here, have this song
A
You can take it with you
[Chorus]
D F#m Bm
Stay lonely, open wide
A G
Your eyes all fire, your mind aflame
D A G A
Don't be disgra ced
D F#m Bm
Loose of limb, unlionized
A G
While all liars fade to gray
A
I know you feel detested
[Bridge]
Em
Did a silence drop? Did your Walkman stop?
Bm
Did the air turn cold? Was the message just so close?
A
But did you choke it?
G
Oh, kid, I know
A
I know where this is going
A
Because we always blow it
[Chorus]
D F#m Bm
Only wary in our lives
A G
Open-eyed and half-ashamed
D A G A
It's just that wa y
D F#m
Afloat down that river
Bm A G
Freezing, tired, fully wired, a total waste
A
That's where the spirit left us
[Outro]
D F#m Bm
Only wary in our lives
A G
Your eyes all fire, your mind aflame
D A G A
Don't be disma yed
D F#m Bm
As this sobbing world goes screaming by
A G
I swear that if I had my way
A
You know I would have blessed it
D A
Through the wall in a soft spring rustle
D A
Street-side selling some summer hustle
D A
Across the Maple Street Bridge in a bristling fall
D A
Just whistling all's a balled up riddle
D A
Just a high snowball on a curve-and-fall
D A
Through a parking lot at Christmas
Em
I heard her whisper
Bm
I heard him call
A
Here's what the gist was:
[Chorus]
D F#m Bm
Only wary in our lives
A G
Open-eyed and half-ashamed
D A G A
That is to sa y
D F#m
Afloat on a ferry
Bm A G
Freezing, tired, fully wired, a total waste
A
That's where the spirit left us
[Verse]
D A
Underneath the house just like a flameout teen
D A
Who smells like sweat and gasoline
Kid, I stand with you
D A
And when you get hard and your eyes get mean
D
Cause you're on the march
A
Well, I could almost kiss you
Em
Don't let them twist you
Bm
Here, have this song
A
You can take it with you
[Chorus]
D F#m Bm
Stay lonely, open wide
A G
Your eyes all fire, your mind aflame
D A G A
Don't be disgra ced
D F#m Bm
Loose of limb, unlionized
A G
While all liars fade to gray
A
I know you feel detested
[Bridge]
Em
Did a silence drop? Did your Walkman stop?
Bm
Did the air turn cold? Was the message just so close?
A
But did you choke it?
G
Oh, kid, I know
A
I know where this is going
A
Because we always blow it
[Chorus]
D F#m Bm
Only wary in our lives
A G
Open-eyed and half-ashamed
D A G A
It's just that wa y
D F#m
Afloat down that river
Bm A G
Freezing, tired, fully wired, a total waste
A
That's where the spirit left us
[Outro]
D F#m Bm
Only wary in our lives
A G
Your eyes all fire, your mind aflame
D A G A
Don't be disma yed
D F#m Bm
As this sobbing world goes screaming by
A G
I swear that if I had my way
A
You know I would have blessed it
