Lady Lamb - Emily lyrics

There's a picture that I found
My first car in the falling snow
Seems like yesterday I drove
Down into low tide
And Isaac snapped a Polaroid of
Me pretending I was sinking
Pressed against the glass, pleading
I misplaced it but I'm looking

When we are young
If only we could see beyond our fears
Where we are free when we are lonely
If only we could know that in
Our stillness we are growing

All the portrait's we collected
While we were running around in the desert
We were trying to seem fulfilled
To rewrite our New York City narratives
But Emily, we were utterly dejected
We took turns crying on the
Passenger side of America
Too clouded to be empowered
By towering redwoods

When did we lose the ancient truths?
Is it what we're born
Bending our bodies towards?
How can we spend our lives
Searching outside of ourselves
For the inner knowledge of our
Oneness with the world?

Shervin, remember when my car finally quit?
We'd drag our dirty clothes after dark
To Lavanderia and wander Graham Ave
Obsessing over singers we love
I thought I was so alone but
Now I know I never was
You've always been the Jenny
To my Watson Twins
Can't land the harmony but
We'll keep singing it
No photographic artifact but here is
Something better than that

When we are young
If only we could see beyond our fears
Where we are free when we are lonely
If only we could know that in
Our stillness we are still growing
When we are young
If only we could see beyond our fears
Where we are free when we are lonely
If only we could know that in
Our stillness we are still growing