Joanna Newsom - You Will Not Take My Heart Alive lyrics

And what do you remember most?
The line of the sea, seceding the coast?
Fine capillaries, glowing with cars?
The comfort you drew from the
Light of the stars?

And how long did you climb that night
With the ice in your lungs
On the rungs of the light?
Beyond recall, you severed all strings
To everyone, and everything

Oh, silent, constant driver of mine:
Wordlessly calling from the end of the line
Where, even though each hour I ever loved
Must queue and dive
Still, you will not take my heart, alive
You will not take my heart, alive
You will not take my heart, alive
You will not take my heart

In martial wind, and in clarion rain
We minced into battle, wincing in pain
Not meant for walking, backs bound in twine:
Not angel or devil but level, in time

And I rose, to take my shape at last
From the dreams that had dogged me
Through every past
When, to my soul, the body would say:
You may do what you like as long as you stay

Now the towns and forests
Highways and plains
Fall back in circles like an emptying drain
And I won't come round this way again
Where the lonely wind abides

And you will not take my heart, alive
You will not take my heart, alive
You will not take my heart, alive
You will not take my heart, alive
You will not take my heart, alive
You will not take my heart, alive
You will not take my heart, alive
You will not take my heart