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Fleet Foxes – Innocent Son
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The Sun Giant EP ends with Lester Freamon Toe-Taps the Blues alone once more, singing Innocent Son with only a few brusque strums as accompaniment.
With only the sparsest elements
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Fleet Foxes – Third of May / Ōdaigahara
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“Third of May / Ōdaigahara” is the first single off Fleet Foxes' third album Crack-Up.
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Fleet Foxes – Mykonos
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“Mykonos” doesn’t travel as far as its title suggests, but thrives on the tension between Robin Pecknold’s wordless vocal intro and the band’s intricate harmonies. Of course, it
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Fleet Foxes – Silver Dagger
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[Verse 1] / Don't sing love songs, you'll wake my mother / She's sleeping here, right by my side / And in her right hand, a silver dagger / She says that I can't be your bride / [
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Fleet Foxes – In The Hot, Hot Rays
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[Verse 1] / Heat like a dead weight / Still covering the street outside / So heavy that the dogs can't hide / In the hot, hot rays / [Verse 2] / Out on the sidewalk / It's a river
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Fleet Foxes – English House
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English House is the longest and most obviously rock songs, which comprises the EP’s rising action and reveal more of Fleet Foxes' range.
It is a graceful downward rush of guitars
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Fleet Foxes – Sun Giant
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The opening track on Fleet Foxes‘ EP is the perfect introduction to this Seattle band, whose carefully fashioned songs reward more active listening than your typical indie-roots
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Fleet Foxes – So Long to the Headstrong
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[Verse 1] / This morning I received airmail letter three / From my connection overseas / I pulled the paper back / You begin your attack and it reads: / [Pre-Chorus] / "Of all the
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Fleet Foxes – Drops in the River
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After the quiet title track comes Drops in the River, which builds gradually as the band patiently add instruments– strange ambient clattering in the background and simple floor
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Fleet Foxes – Ragged Wood (Transition Basement Sketch)
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[Chorus] / Lie to me if you will / At the top of Perringer Hill / Tell me anything you want / Any old lie will do / Call me back to, back to you / Lie to me if you will / At the
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Fleet Foxes – Anyone Who's Anyone
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[Verse 1] / Charlie never let it get too hot / Just try sticking with the girl you got / Other women they would seem secure / They're just as fragile as her / [Verse 2] / I heard
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Fleet Foxes – False Knight on the Road
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A traditional folk song, where a child is steadfast in his/her faith and resolve against the false knight, who is the devil in disguise.
Originally a ballad written by Scottish
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Fleet Foxes – She Got Dressed
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[Verse 1] / He's made of sand / Not flesh and not bone / He's as good as the seeds he's sown / But he loves you so / Like no one else, you know could do / Put your wedding dress on
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Fleet Foxes – Icicle Tusk
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This is from the Fleet Foxes early beginnings as a band, their first Debut EP. Around these times they had more of a rock-induced sound, as can be heard from the more prominent
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Fleet Foxes – Textbook Love
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Track 4 on The Fleet Foxes EP (2006)
“Textbook Love” can either relate to:
- the fact that the story’s imagery revolves around a high school environment, in which to fall in love
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Fleet Foxes – Isles
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[Verse 1] / Everyone stares when you walk in the room / They stare when you go / You've got so much control / How could anyone say no? / They rarely do / That's why you're you
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Fleet Foxes – White Lace Regretfully
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[Chorus 1] / White lake lightening lace / And caught in my widest dream / Old kind night after night / I'd wait to be strung to me / [Verse 1] / Only man why older / No light would
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Fleet Foxes – Crack-Up [Booklet]
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Fleet Foxes. Lyrics About Tracklist Comments. 1 2. Crack-Up [Booklet] Lyrics. Embed. How to Format Lyrics. Cancel. About. Have the inside scoop on this song?
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Bon Iver – Holocene
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Regarding “Holocene”, Bon Iver’s Justin Vernon told NPR:
Holocene is a bar in Portland, Ore., but it’s also the name of a geologic era, an epoch if you will. It’s a good example
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John Foxe – Actes and Monuments (Foxe's Book of Martyrs) Chapter 16
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Persecutions in England During the Reign of Queen Mary / The premature death of that celebrated young monarch, Edward VI, occasioned the most extraordinary and wonderful
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John Keats – Endymion (Book 3)
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There are who lord it o'er their fellow-men / With most prevailing tinsel: who unpen / Their baaing vanities, to browse away / The comfortable green and juicy hay / From
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