Iron & Wine - Pagan Angel And A Borrowed Car Lyrics

I had never heard if these at all until tonight when a vid if them covering The Bunnymens, Bring on the Dancing Horses appeared on my feed.....brilliant.....social media mostly suxks but YouTube truly can inform....

I listened to this from the other room and I couldn’t hear the bass, so it sounded like the 7 was actually playing under the 1.

Edit: it sounded very epic

underrated iron and wine song

My all-time favorite for sure!

Love was a promise made of smoke
In a frozen copse of trees
A bone cold and older than our bodies
Slowly floating in the sea
Every morning there were planes
The shiny blades of pagan angels in our father's skies
Every evening I would watch her hold the pillow
Tight against her hollows, her unholy child
I was still a beggar shaking out my stolen coat
Among the angry cemetery leaves
When they caught the king beneath the borrowed car
Righteous, drunk, and fumbling for the royal keys
Love was a father's flag and sung like a shank
In a cake on our leather boots
A beautiful feather floating down
To where the birds had shit on empty chapel pews
Every morning we found one more machine
To mock our ever waning patience at the well
Every evening she'd descend the mountain stealing socks
And singing something good where all the horses fell
Like a snake within the wilted garden wall
I'd hint to her every possibility
While with his gun the pagan angel rose to say,
"My love is one made to break every bended knee"

Probably my favorite "Iron and Wine" song, but this whole album is just incredible. They prove that there is still great post-2000 music, but it's just shamefully ignored.

It might be my favourite as well ! I am quite surprise by the low amount of views and likes.
The new album is great !

Dak Lamerbusch agree! Saw them live yesterday and I'm still so happy I ca t stop listening! They sang this