Fleet Foxes - Third of May / Ōdaigahara lyrics

Light ended the night, but the song remained
And I was hiding by the stair, half here
Half there, past the lashing rain

As we stood, congregated, at the firing line

Night ended the fight, but the song remained
And so I headed to the wall
Turned tail to call to the new domain
As if in the sight of sea
You're suddenly free but, it's all the same
Oh, but I can hear you, loud in the center
Aren't we made to be crowded together
Like leaves?
Was I too slow? Did you change overnight?
Second son, on the other line

Now, back in our town as a castaway
I'm reminded of the time it all fell in line
On the third of May as if it were designed
Painted in sand to be washed away
Oh, but I can hear you, loud in the center
Aren't we made to be crowded together
Like leaves?

Was I too slow? Did I change overnight?
Second son, for the second time

Can I be light and free?
If I lead you through the fury
Will you call to me? And is all that I might
Owe you carved on ivory?

But all will fade all I say all I needed
As a flash in the eye, I wouldn't deny
All receded

Life unfolds in pools of gold
I am only owed this shape if
I make a line to hold
To be held within one's self is deathlike
Oh, I know

But all will be, for mine and me
As we make it
And the size of the fray, can't take it away
They won't make it

I was a fool crime after crime to confess to
But, I hold the fleet angel, she'll bless you
Hold fast to the wing hold fast to the wing