Okkervil River - Lost Coastlines lyrics

Packed and all eyes turned in
No one to see on the quay no one waving
For me just the shoreline receding
Ticket in my hand
I'm thinking "wish I didn't hand it in"
Cause who said sailing is fine?
Leaving behind all the faces that I might
Replace if I tried on that long ride
Looking deep inside but I don't want
To look so deep inside yet

Sit down, sit down on the prow to wave bye
There might not be another star
Further on the line look out
Look out at each town that glides by
And there's another crowd to
Drown in crying eyes

And see how that light you
Love now just won't shine
There might just be another star that's high
And far in some other sky

We sing, "Is that marionette
Real enough yet to step off of that set
To decide what her hands might be doing?
Ruining the play
To in the ensuing melee escape"
We packed up all of our bags
The ship's deck now sags from
The weight of our tracks
As we pace beneath flags black and battered
Rattling our swords in service of
Some faded foreign lord

We sail out on orders from him but we find
The maps he sent to us
Don't mention lost coastlines
Where nothing we've actually seen has
Been mapped or outlined
And we don't recognize the
Names upon these signs

And every night finds us rocking and
Rolling on waves wild and wide
Well, we have lost our way
Nobody's going to say it outright
Just go la la la la la la la la la
Oh, la la la la la la la la la la la
Oh, oh, oh

La la la la la la la la la la la
La la la la la la la la la la la la
La la la la la la la la la la la
La la la la la la la la la la la
La la la la la la