O Neutral Milk Hotel (auto-descrito "fuzz folk") foi um dos principais projetos da gravadora Elephant 6, um círculo de grupos de música lo-fi independente com propostas parecidas, incluindo The Apples in Stereo, Olivia Tremor Control e Secret Square - que dividiam músicos, ideias e sensibilidades. Neutral Milk Hotel foi formado por Jeff Mangum, um cantor/compositor da remota cidade de Ruston, LA e Robert Schneider (que mais tarde faria parte do Apples in Stereo), bem como William Cullen Hart e Bill Doss (que formou o Olivia Tremor Control).
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!
CG The only girl I've ever loved CG Was born with roses in her eyes CG But then they buried her alive DC One evening nineteen-forty-five DG With just her sister at her side DC And only weeks before the guns DG All came and rained on everyone DC Now she's a little boy in Spain DG Playing pianos filled with flames DC On empty rings around the sun DCG All sing to say my dream has come
CG But now we must pick up every piece CG Of the life we used to love C Just to keep ourselves GD At least enough to carry on
(same as verse1) And now we ride the circus wheel With your dark brother wrapped in white Says it was good to be alive But now he rides a comet's flame And won't be coming back again The Earth looks better from a star That's right above from where you are He didn't mean to make you cry With sparks that ring and bullets fly On empty rings around your heart The world just screams and falls apart
GACCG And here's where your mother sleeps GACCGD And here is the room where your brothers were born GACCG Indentions in the sheets GACCGD Where their bodies once moved but don't move anymore CGCG And it's so sad to see the world agree CGD That they'd rather see their faces filled with flies GACCGC All when I'd want to keep white roses in their eyes