Okkervil River é um grupo de folk formado por amigos de segundo grau em Meriden. Após cada um tomar sua direção para a faculdade, todos se mudaram para a cidade de Austin, no Texas, para morarem juntos e formarem a banda. A formação incial contém o compositor Will Sheff, o baixista e bandolinista Zach Thomas e o baterista Seth Warren. Na banda em que a guitarra lidera o som e possui elementos perdidos do pop, há, na voz doce e suave de Will Sheff, letras sobre barcos, livros, referências a artistas como David Bowie e R.
Quatro anos de trabalho duro!Neste mês de maio fizemos quatro anos no ar. Continuamos trabalhando na divulgação deste maravilhoso instrumento, obrigado por participar da nossa história!
Verse 1: AmG Someone said to me, "I'll come into your dream and speak it to you" I already knew Am I found her in an attic where, dramatically GAm She leaned in to me, and she whispered these lines: FGDmAmG "Wake and be fine-e-e. You've still got time to wake and be fine"
Verse 2: use verse 1 chords Embracers meet with more embracers on the street They say "Hold me, dear stranger. Grab on to me We're carrying our years around us, or they're chasing down us. We're all here at the same time. Can we wake and be fine? Have we still got time to wake and be fine??"
Verse 3 chords: AmG Villians on the creep and killers in the crowd are carving apart our childhood house AmG Lovers in their sheets, dreaming lovers sweetly turn in their sleep all under sunbeams AmG Everybody's crashing, running, calling out the coming of things they kind of can see AmGAm Someone said to me, "It's just a dream. Why don't you wake up and you'll see? It's fine."
Interlude: [Am - G] repeat a few times, then:
Verse 4 chords: AmG In those miles racing over endless fields of snow (you already heard, you already know) Am The rescue party finally lost their hearts, and then they shattered their bones G And then they died all alone Am The ships all float from beaches by themselves above the hot afternoons G (Goodbye, you balloons!) Am Adrift above indifferent clouds, our hearts are crashing loudly GAmFGDm On some rock where the gulls whine, "Wake and be fine-e-e AmG You've still got time to wake and be fine"
Outro: [Am - G] repeat a few times, then end on: Am