Rejoicing In The Hands

Devendra Banhart Rejoicing In The Hands Lyrics
1.This is the way

This is the soup
That i believe in
This is the smoke
I'm always breathin'
This is the way
I share my breakfast
This is the way
I serve my sentence

I know I know
I should lay low
I should stand tall

This is the beard
I'm always growin'
I know they're here
I see them floating
Her empress beards
They float so holy
Their beards are here
They gently hold me

Well who knows who knows
Yeah I may come home
Yeah I may return

This is the way
I'm always leaving
This is the soft
Voice of the evening
This is the way
I hear my father
These are the flames
That drown the water

Well I knew I knew
I could stand tall
I could lay low

This is the sound
That swims inside me
That circle sound
Is what surrounds me
This is the land
That grows around me
And these are the hands
That come in handy

Well we've known we've known
We've had a choice
We chose rejoice


2.A Sight to Behold

It's a sight to behold
When you've got some old words to mold
And you can make 'em your own

Still love it would be much better
Love it would be much better
I'm told

It's like golden corn
And I love its golden glow
It's the little head inside your little hole
And out spring some sparkling thoughts

Still love it would be much better
Love it would be much better
Love it would be much better
Love it would be much better

It's like finding hope
In an old folk song
That you've never ever heard
Still you know every word
And for sure you can sing along

But love it would be much better
Love it would be much better
Love it would be much better
Love it would be much better
I know, I know


3.The body breaks

The body breaks
And the body is fine
I'm open to yours
And i'm open to mine

The body aches
And that ache takes it time
But you'll get over yours
And i'll get over mine

And the sun will shine
And the moon will rise up

The body calls
Yeah, the body, it calls out
It whispers at first
But it ends with a shout

The body burns
Yeah, the body burns strong
Until mine is with yours
Then mine will burn on

My flesh sings out
It sings, 'come put me out'

The body sways
Like the wind on a swing
A bridge through a hoop
Or a lake through a ring

The body stays
And then the body moves on
And I'd really rather not dwell on
When yours will be gone

But within the dark
There is a shine
One tiny spark
That's yours and mine


4.Poughkeepsie

One, two, three, four

By the banks of old Poughkeepsie
My love swam with me
Nature's tender bones are breathing lungs
Each breaths each breeze and

Have you felt it?
Have you?
I've felt it too
And so have you

Summer days she stays by her window
Her saggy flesh it sweeps the floor
Down her steps and through her hallway
Coming out her door and

Have you seen it?
Have you?
I've seen that too
And so have you

Now man holds hands hand neck shaped cobweb
White oil fills each pore
Again down your steps and through your hallways
Jumping out your door and

Have you done it?
Have you?
I've done that too
And so have you

Well, love me tender
V-v-v-v-v-v-iva Las Vegas
And now I'm all shook up
Heartbreak hotel
Lordy miss cordy
Blue moon blue suede shoes and

Have you heard it?
Have you?
I've heard that too
And I know for sure
That so have you


5.Dogs they make up the dark

Dogs they make up the dark
Surrounding mountains they move towards the sea
Light that shines from your womb is blinding
Mountains still move towards the sea


6.Will is my friend

One, two, three, four

Will is my friend
Will sings like John
Goin' back to California
Will is the west
Coast with me
Will is a past
Is a plenty
Will is a good friend of mine
With whom I spend a whole lot of my time

The lemon tree
It laughs at me
It's growing beautifully
The little veins
It would unwind
And it'll wrap your whole in time
Now let's have a glass of wine
Now let's have another glass of wine

This is the water
In which we wade
This is our father
And this is how he strayed
This is the wind
And this is the breeze
I ooooo eeee
Will is my friend
Will sings like John
Goin' back to California


7.This beard is for siobhan

The daughter of a man
Was a mammal
She wore the mark of fire
And of flame
Though they're both the same

Born onto the age of the golden
Oh that golden age of endless loss and endless gain
Tra la la la, now

Because my lips have split
All the little children
They are hiding in front
In the middle and in behind
La, la, la, la !

And because my nose has froze
But I can keep on smelling
I could smell my little day away
I could smell my whole day away
Na da da da !

Now because my teeth don't bite
I could take them out dancing
I could take my little teeth out
And show them a real good time
Tra la la la

Well a real good time
A good time
A real good time
Good time
A good time
A real good time
Good time
A good time
A real good time
Good time
A good time
A real good time
Good time
A good time
A real good time
Good time
A good time
A real good time
Good time
A good time
A real good time
Good time
A good time
A real good time
Good time
A good time
A real good time


8.See saw

Your head's a seesaw
It sees and then saw
Now get some extra fingers growing
Yeah get some extra fingers growing
In, in, in

Your eyes are ramble
Light of candle
Now get some amber fluid flowing
Get some amber fluid flowing

Your lips are graying
And your mouth is saying
Get some other diamonds sparkling
Get some other people talking

You young dumb ripe thing
You're brave and you're antsy
You strong-lunged new thing
You're here to get this baby dancing
You're here to get this baby dancing
You're here to get this baby dancing
You're here to get this baby dancing
You're here to get this baby dancing
You're here to get this baby dancing

I always knew
I always knew
I always knew


9.Tit smoking in the temple of artesan mimicry

(Instrumental)


10.Rejoicing in the hands

In the dark we are without her empress light
In the dark we are without a light
Half asleep we're calmly waiting through her night
Half asleep we wait 'til she arrives

Clouds of birds are governing her dark blue sky
Clouds of birds are governing her sky
A rush of wind is gently playing with their wings
And yellow stones are standing on her eyes

All rejoice we are in her hands
When in here hands all rejoice
Owl eyes her sun will rise and light the land
All rejoice we are in her hands


11.Fall

Fall, oh catch since once burned your bread but when the night
comes
Light of match will catch lay low leva? sing so long
Widow spreads like cornfields in fall she come night come
She leave no trace she don't leave her roll like cornfields in
fall

Ohhhh , ohhh, ohhh

So long friend I know finally would you lie with me
And hello singer warm ring like hell wontcha sing for me
So long snake you're still old, so long snake you're still old
So long snake you're still old, so long snake you're still old
oooohh oohhh
So long snake you're still old, so long snake you're still
old...


12.Todo los Dolores

Todos los Dolores ya se van
Y el grafitti dice Peter Pan
Y el zoológico de arcoiris
Arcoirá, arcoirá

En la mañana pienso en mi primo
Y todo lo español que desafino
Que dice cuando el sol sonríe
Sonrreirá, sonrreirá

Con tu cara de camello
Toma un bebé tan bello
Cada casa casa tiene llave
O no se abre, o no se abre


All the pains are now going
And the grafitti says Peter Pan
And the Rainbow zoo
Will rainbow, will rainbow

In the morning I think of my cousin
And all the spanish I can't tune
That says when the sun smiles
It will smile, It will smile

With your camel face
Take a baby so pretty
Every house has a key
Or it won't open, or it won't open


13.When the sun shone on vetiver

When the sun shone on vetiver
When the sun shone on vetiver
When the sun shone down

Well they're silver and they're gold
Well they're silver and they're gold
Well they're silver and cold

And I'm longing for the land
And I'm longing for their land
For nature's forgiving hand

And we're drifting
And we're sailing
And we're drifting
And we're sailing
And we're drifting
Sailing...

Now the sun aligns you legs
And your lips and arms and breasts
And the moon pulls wet Earth

And your branches crawl around my claws
Your branches crawl around my claws
And my leaves brush up against your arms

And we're dancing
And we're dancing
And we're dancing...

In Thailand, my baby waits for me
In Graceland, my baby waits for me
In Spainland, my baby waits for me
In Ireland, my baby waits for me
In no lands, my baby waits for me
Wimpishly ...

I fall in love


14.There was sun

And I know I was born, I was born
When I slipped out of my mother's womb
And I know it was warm, it was warm
'Cause I slipped out on a hot afternoon
Oh waouh oh

And I know there was sun, there was sun
When I felt it on my human skin
And I know it was done, it was done
When I saw the moon rising
Ah ah ah


15.Insect eyes

And each strand of her hair is really insect eyes
And each hole in her tongue is always occupied
By the milk of the sun

And each head on her head is fields of gold wheat
Where I'm lying on my back
Where I'm falling asleep
Hmm hmm hmm hmm

And each lash in her eye is really white roots
And each line in her skin is really red roots
Hmm hmm hmm hmm

And the neck her head's on is a tunnel of dawn
But darkness will come
But darkness will come
For sure, it's gonna come

And the breast on her chest
Is where I take my rest
Is where I have my fun
Is where I have my fun
Mm hmm hmm hmm

And one long red nail
That shots from her toe
Is tickling my blood
And shifting its flow
Hmm hmm hmm hmm

And each strand of her hair
Is really insect eyes
And each hole in her tongue
Is always occupied
By the milk of the sun

And I'm always late, 'ways late
And I'm always late
Yeah, I'm always late
Yeah, I'm always late

Ah ah ah ah...

And your black tulips of time
And your black tulips of time
And your hands rejoice in mine

Ah ah ah ah...

And that seed, it grows all day
And that seed, it grows all night
And our veins are intertwined

Ah ah ah ah...


16.Autumn's child

Raise your head
Autumn's child
You sweet young thing
Stay dead horse
Stand dead horse
Run river run
Sun shine sun
Sing child sing
Sing your song
Sing your song
Autumn's child
Come raise your head Autumn's child
Sweet young thing
Sweet young thing