I Guess We Lost

I Guess We Lost - Okkervil River

Lists of swinging fists nobody saw

That were slicing through air at the foot of a stair of a bar

Make beds of busted heads pillowed and puffed

In some quiet and cordoned emergency ward they left us

So we always demurred with an ill-advised word

From some enemy's ill-equipped tongue

Sizzled and burned at our backs so we learned to dodge

I guess we lost

Staring down the cliffs with my crew-cut

I had turned twenty-three and believed I was dangerous

Lists of swinging hips down in the clubs

They were holding their swerve, I am perfectly sure, for us

And a photograph says what a photograph is

Holy shit were our faces so young

All pissed and thin-lipped as we tippled and tripped, it was fun

Guess we're done

Lies and flying flies sapping our blood

We fall down, sliding down, slipping, slamming the ground 'cause we're fucked

So I went down to the mystic

All head-ached and heart-sick in line with the beggars and bums

Paid his price and he slurred "My advice is to turn and to run"

Well, I guess we're dumb

So it's just gather around, partygoers

That's if you're still living,

And not wasted, washed-up, watered down and not dead or death-wishing

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