Crack-Up lyrics

So the mind won't lie

And the arm won't set

And the bright red eye

Isn't off you yet

So the words won't come

And the hand won't touch

And a midnight sun

Doesn't look like much

As an iris contracts,

Facing the day

(I can tell you've cracked

Like a china plate.)

[Iceberg]1

When the world insists

That the false is so

With a philippic, as Cicero

"The tighter the fist,

The looser the sand"

(If I don't resist,

Will I understand?)

[A bright clearing]

All things change

Dividing tide

Far as I can see

All fades through

But a (light/lie)2 of you,

As Eellllyyaaalllllyyy3

All I see -

Dividing tide -

Rising over me - -

[Exit]

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 Should See Memphis" and is the final song on the album. The story began with the first song, "I Am All That I Need / Arroyo Seco / Thumbprint Scar," which was a continuation of the last song on the last album, "Grown Ocean."2. This is exactly how it's written in the official lyric booklet, probably to draw attention to the word play.3. Spelled as written in the official lyric booklet, but it is a reference to the name "Ylajali" from the novel "Hunger" by Knut Hamsun. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hunger_(Hamsun_novel).

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