The Dream and the Light Okkervil River Produced by Will Sheff Album In the Rainbow Rain A limousine To the infusion suite Down a rainy street Early dawn Eyes that sweep Skin that feels And the swish of wheels And the radio All the feeling we shared on the car ride All the fear that was there on the other side All the souls that were spared Oh, and those that we left out to die You fell from the nest In your suicide vest They tapped a decree From their side of the screen It's Father's Day For the father in me Oh, bachelor prince Oh, brain on two feet Oh, master of wandering meat All ghost-faced in oxidised green Increasingly inward-involved And cut off from the scene And you coughed through the car park Leaked through a slug in your lung The day wasted away TV sang its lonely song Our dream was born dead We thought it was shared We thought that it ran Laughing 'cross the beach Lit by shine of the sea Made for you and for me Ah, but we were deceived Because what was the dream? It was wired to explode in the city square It was drugs they dropped into your drink It was dread, it was doubt It was never about what you think And we walked through the ballpark All the fans had gone home The night breathed like a dream The air sung like a song Raised from the dead In the Benz back seat I encountered the magazine king He was wearing that old high school ring Ah, to see the aggressor with clarity In the early-morning obliviated light Ah, to hear his confederates whisper Just don't even fight Ah, well met, well met, well met, said he Now you're part of the parasite family And I wouldn't expect no more charity There are screams in the street Though it seems you can sleep through the night I bit my nails until blood Walked alone with my phone It was pissing down rain I was more than alone With the agency creation has gifted me What am I gonna do with my poor body Ah, but take it and use it And place it upon some front line? Maker of light You are made of light Oh, maker of love You are made of love Oh, maker of light You are made of light, made of light Oh, maker of love You are made of love Oh, maker of light You are made of light, made of light, made of light Oh, maker of love To be made of love