Oh Comely - Neutral Milk Hotel

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[Intro]
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[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 and 

       
bubbly terribl

e 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 lett

       
ing you blow
              
Bristling and 

     
ugly
              
Bursting with 

              
fruits falling

             
 out from the 


holes
              
Of some pretty

              
 bright and bu

     
bbly 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

Only my enemy
     
I'll crush him

 with everythi

ng I own

say what you w

ant to say
              
and hang for y

              
our hollow way

  
s moving your 

mouth
              
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 p

ark

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 y

              
our notes for 

  
me

Soft silly mus

ic is meaningf

ul magical
    
The movements 

were beautiful
              
All in your ov

    
aries

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

Say what you w

anna say and h

ang for your h

ollow ways
             
Moving your mo

              
uth to pull ou

              
t all your mir

             
acles aimed fo

                  
r me

[Bridge]
             
Da da da da da

    
 da da
             
Da da da da da

    
 da da
             
Da da da da da

    
 da da

[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]

La la la la la

 la la la la l

a la

La la la la la

 la

La la la la la

 la la la la l

a la

La la la la la

 la

La la la la la

 la la la dee 

dee dee

Dee dee dee de

e dee dee

[Outro]

Goldaline my d

ear

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

[Coda]

dee dee dee de

e dee dee dee 

dee dee la da 

da

da da da da da

 da

da da da da da

 da da da da l

a da da
             
da da da da da

          
 da da da da