Sun Kil Moon - Lemon Balm lyrics

Tonight it’s raining and the
Mountains are misty
Reminding me of wintertime
Strange that it’s late spring and
The firewood is burning
Strange that it’s spring and that
In a hotel room across the ocean
I’m not tossing and turning

On the end table, the same old vase
Filled with oleanders and sweet peas
And there’s my boxing encyclopedia
From the 1950s, and I just read the old
Records of Tiger Flowers and Willie Ritchie

And yesterday while I was cutting my lawn
I stumbled on a patch of lemon balm
I thought it might be mint
But you told mе I was wrong
You sniffed it with caution and said that
You were surе it was lemon balm

Lemon balm lemon balm
Lemon balm

The cat, she’s asleep
With her there’s few surprises
And I’ve just opened The Sun Also Rises
Lost in a world of trout
Fishing in Basque County, spain
Last time I was in Spain
It was much like here
Mountainous, mystical, and pouring rain

I feel there’s so much right in this world
Though I’m told I’m wrong
While I lay, sipping a bottle of water
And flipping through pages
And chewing on lemon balm

Lemon balm lemon balm
Lemon balm

For some to relax, they recite biblical songs
For some to relax
They have somebody read their poems
For some to relax
They read William Faulkner’s The Wild Palms
For me
I open any old book and chew on lemon balm

While taking photos of flowers recently
On the side of the road
A girl with three guys yelled, "Mark
I love your band!"
I asked her which one of them was her ex
Which was her new boyfriend, and which one
Of them would be her future
Rest of her life man?

Mike said to Robert, "Come on
Say something ironical!"
And that planted a seed as
To why, toward them, i was comical
To my question
The four of them devilishly grinned
I said, "Nice to meet you
All, but I gotta leave, my head is spinning"

Spinning with what one of the young men said
I said, "I’m middle-aged
And your lives are just beginning
And I remember when I was young like
You and everything seemed so nifty"
He said, "Don’t be so down on yourself
You’re the coolest musician we know
Who’s in their fifties!"

Tonight the rain’s falling
The sound of the woodburning
Stove brings me calm
And tonight and all day is over me
I refuse to be fond
To you and I, this night only belongs
I’m at peace drinking water and reading
And chewing on lemon balm

Lemon balm

Some guys died young in Vietnam from napalm
Some may die happy after
Eating dinner in Milan
Some will go out fighting while others
May go out without a qualm
When I die, I hope it's a long way
Away and that I'm next to you
Where I belong and that in my system they
Found the delicious dishes
Made with lemongrass, garlic, chilis
And fish sauces and I’ll bet, in my system
They find traces of my calming lemon balm

Lemon balm lemon balm
Lemon balm