Oh Comely - Neutral Milk Hotel

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[Intro]


[Verse 1]
         
Oh comely 
              
I will be with

              
 you when you 

          
lose your brea

th
              
Chasing the on

             
ly meaningful 

              
memory you tho

             
ught you had l

eft
              
With some pret

              
ty, bright, an

         
d bubbly terri

ble scene
              
That was doing

              
 her thing on 

     
your chest
              
But oh comely 

  
              
It isn't as pr

              
etty as you'd 

        
like to guess 

              

              

        
In your memory, you're drunk on your awe to me
             
It doesn't mea

              
n anything at 

  
all

[Verse 2]
           
Oh comely
              
All of your fr

              
iends are all 

            
letting you bl

ow
              
Bristling and 

     
ugly
              
Bursting with 

              
fruits falling

              
 out from the 


holes
              
Of some pretty

              
, bright, and 

       
bubbly friend 
              
You could need

              
 to say comfor

              
ting things in

      
 your ear
              
But oh comely 

   
              
There isn't su

              
ch one friend 

              
that you could

      
 find here
Standing next to me
He's only my enemy 
             
I'll crush him

              
 with everythi

      
ng I own

[Chorus]

Say what you w

anna say
              
and hang for y

              
our hollow way

              
s your always 


moving your mo

uth 
              
to pull out al

             
l your miracle

                         
s aimed for me

[Verse 3]
  
Your father ma

de fetuses 
With flesh licking ladies 
      
While you and 

your mother 
Were asleep in the trailer park
   
Thunderous spa

rks from the d

ark of the sta

diums
    
The music and 

medicine you n

eeded for comf

orting
   
So make all yo

ur fat fleshy 

fingers to mov

ing
    
And pluck all 

your silly str

ings 
And bend all your notes for me


    
And soft silly

 music is mean

ingful magical
    
The movements 

were beautiful
All in your ovaries

All of them mi

lking with gre

en fleshy flow

ers
      
While powerful

 pistons were 

sugary sweet m

achines

Smelling of se

men all under 

the garden
             
Was all you we

              
re needing whe

              
n you still be

 
lieved in me

[Chorus]

Say what you w

anna say
              
and hang for y

              
our hollow way

              
s your always 


moving your mo

uth 
              
to pull out al

             
l your miracle

                         
s aimed for me

[Bridge]
   
(Da da da part

)

[Verse 4]
   
I know they bu

ried her body 

with others
    
Her sister and

 mother and 50

0 families 
    
And will she r

emember me 50 

years later
          
I wished I cou

ld save her in

 some sort of 

time machine

Know all your 

enemies 
   
We know who ou

r enemies are


Know all your 

enemies 
   
We know who ou

r enemies are

[Bridge]
    (x3)


Goldaline, my 

dear          

             
We will fold and freeze together

Far away from 

here          

         
There is sun and spring and green forever 
    
But now we mov

e to feel
For ourselves inside some stranger's stomach

Place your bod

y here
              
Let your skin 

              
begin to blend

             
 itself with m

                    
ine

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