[Verse 1: Madison Cunningham & Robin Pecknold]

You say that you could do me harm

In the safety of your arms

While your eyes are atom bombs dropping

My head is full of thunderclouds

Keeping aircraft on the ground

Who will win this lightning round of suffering?

Turning in and turning out

The lining of our deepest doubts

In the California drought, we're drowning

[Chorus: Madison Cunningham & Robin Pecknold]

I have followed

In your wake

In your image, I might break

[Break: Madison Cunningham & Both]

Ooh-ooh

Ooh-ooh

Ooh

[Verse 2: Madison Cunningham & Robin Pecknold]

Bearing no resemblance

To an age of innocence

Have I lost the audience for good now?

As the grand illusion frays

It hits me as I drive away

I’ll never see your hair go gray

[Chorus: Madison Cunningham & Robin Pecknold]

I have followed

In your wake

In your image, I might break

[Post-Chorus: Madison Cunningham & Both]

Oh-oh-oh-oh

Oh-oh-oh-oh

Oh-oh-oh-oh

Oh-oh-oh-oh-oh-oh

[Outro: Madison Cunningham & Robin Pecknold]

Ooh-ooh

Ooh-ooh

Oh-oh-ooh-ooh (Ooh-ooh)

(Oh-oh-oh-ooh)