“ I have seen what the darkness does. Say goodbye to who I was. I ain’t never been away so long. Don’t look back them days are gone. Follow me into the endless night. I can bring your fears to live. Show me yours and I’ll show you mine. Meet me in the woods tonight.”
had a dream last night where i was participating in something called the ‘strange trails challenge’, which was basically this arena with different challenges for each song in strange trails, starting with love like ghosts and ending with the night we met. i made it to cursed before waking up.
the audacity of lord huron to say ‘the awe when gazing at the moon is the feeling i get when im looking at you’, 'the world is dark, the night is long, i could use a few laughs and a couple of songs’, and 'you can feign your surprise, give me those doe eyes, but i know i wanna love you’ in the same song, and expect it not to change me irreparably ..
L + ratio + what you crossed was a line at the edge of the void + you can’t cross back without making a choice + something escaped when you opened the gate + you cheated death and sealed your fate
put on your new dress tonight, and look to the west ⬅️, the moon’s in the sky . i wanna get at least that high , wanna leave the earth and all things behind. you told me️️️ you’re never gonna die ⚰️, how am i supposed to sleep ❓through the night ? you showed me the secret of life , i can’t forget that look in your eye ️
do you go absolutely fucking feral every time you hear “i live my life like this just to prove to the world that i still exist // i don’t believe in life, and i won’t believe in death ‘til i die” or are you normal
when arthur conan doyle said “of all ghosts, the ghosts of our old loves are the worst” and when harry styles said “we’re just two ghosts standing in the place of you and me” and when mother mother said “i’m just a ghost out of his grave / and i can’t make love in my grave” and when lord huron said “yes i know that love is like ghosts / oh, few have seen it but everybody talks” and when sylvia plath said “how can i go, meeting and exorcising my own ghosts here! i’ve made some new ones now” and when mumford & sons said “but the ghosts we knew will flicker from view / we’ll live a long life” and wh
If you ever want to see my faceagain, I want to know If you ever get lonely please let me know If you never want to see my face again, I’ll understand If forever gets lonely take my hand
no seriously long lost is like. the most beautiful song i’ve ever heard. tied with every other lord huron song of course but i’m serious if you haven’t listened to it you’re missing out YOURE MISSING OUT
