Cassius, - lyrics

[Under the water]1

[Rain]

Past my window, out in the street

Life makes short work of all I see

Men take the change from beggars

Tight bound in sheets

Red and blue, the useless sirens scream

The song of masses, passing outside

All inciting the fifth of July

When guns for hire open fire, blind against the dawn

When the knights in iron took the pawn

You and I, out into the night

Held within the line that they've drawn

[Above the surface]

As I went they're all beside us in silence

As if unaffected amid the violence

Are we also tamed?

I was in a river, as if in water

Wife, a son, a son, a son, and a daughter

Are we also tamed?

[Under the water again]

I walked home, no words to say

Cassius one month gone on his way

And who will lead us and who remains to die?

By a thread, drop my head to cry

[Above the surface]

As I went they're all beside us in silence

As if unaffected amid the violence

Are we also tamed?

I was in a river, as if in water

Wife, a son, a son, a son, and a daughter

Are we also tamed?

[At sea, in a storm]

1. The parts in brackets and italics are not spoken/sung words, but are part of the official lyrics from the lyric booklet. This album tells a story, so these function like scene headings in a screenplay and give additional information and context to the lyrics. This song is a continuation of "I Am All That I Need / Arroyo Seco / Thumprint Scar" and the story is continued in the next song, "- Naiads, Cassadies."

• Artist:Fleet Foxes
• Album:Crack-Up (2017)