Gold Faces - Okkervil River

She is sitting

On the ground

Golden face and

Eyes turned down

Arms both barren

Showing some

Golden trace of

Foreign sun

And bright and tied

Across each wrist

Golden bracelets

That exist

Sold so cheap

They’re almost free

In golden places

We’ve never seen

China white and

Cairo black

This golden face and

Silver back

I have brought her

'Cross the sea

Give in to my

Love for me

Shut your thoughts close

Out the world

Shut your thoughts and

Be my girl

Hear the screams

Outside the gate

We can’t stop it

It’s too late

I said can you have it

Take it

Well, take it all

Try it on twirl

Down the hall

Big-eyed girl and

Gentle man

Blank-eyed beast who

Grabs her hand

At a distance

From the street

Golden threads run

Through bedsheets

Lit by dusky

Golden heat

Plummeting through

Golden me