A Simple Answer

By Grizzly Bear

On Shields

Released on September 18, 2012

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[Verse 1]

Those saints in lockstep

Across the wasteland

Forever gone

They're home and walk along

Plod ever onward

Across some tundra

The light is long

But it's not long before it's gone

Well fine


[Chorus]

It calls you back to mind

At once, at last

Oh goodness, mercy mine

Soldier on, but please not so long

This time


[Verse 2]

Too young and thoughtless

To comb your memories

I know it's wrong

Just give until it's gone

Some tired mantra

Calls ever onward

Shout it loud

Just make it up somehow

Well alright


[Chorus]

And it'll call you back to mind

At once, at last

Oh goodness, mercy mine

Soldier on, but please not so long

This time


[Outro]

Move on, let's face

That all you trust is a cynical phrase

No time, no place

When all you hope is that everything breaks

No wrong or right

Just do whatever you like

No wrong or right

Just do whatever you like

No bliss, no light

Tell me it's all just a lie

You can't scare me none

I'm still the lucky one