What happened to this small forgotten town
Where words use to carry the weight
And silence wasn’t drowned
Everybody left for a better life downtown
And the baseball rolls slowly off the pitcher’s mound
As I stood in the batter’s box once they struck me out
I showed a sign a weakness and I swung my bat
And the fire that once burned yella turned to ash
Then Sir Lawrence of Philadelphia gave me some facts
And they lifted the weight of Olympus off my back
Sometimes when you lose my friend you win
Why does it end the good times when the good times just begin
Fortunes have nowhere left to spend
Everybody’s differences have a common ground
We let ourselves get in the way of our leaps and bounds
You’ve shown a sign of weakness when you lack
And the fire that once burned yella turned to ash
And the fortress you built around you one day will crash
And will lift the weight of Olympus right off your back
This is undoubtedly my single favorite album of all time. It feels like such a perfect culmination of all the themes and ideas Fleet Foxes has been working with since 2008. It answers many of the questions found on both Helplessness Blues and Crack-Up, and represents an incredible maturation and growth in Robin Pecknold's perspective. Their other albums are certainly masterpieces, but this, in my opinion, is their magnum opus. I doubt it will be recognized as such in its time. isaiah_stuart
This compilation of songs from cult legend Jay Bolotin has the same stark beauty as prime Leonard Cohen and Jackson C. Frank. Bandcamp New & Notable Dec 1, 2018