10 Robin Pecknold as Scott Stapp as Jesus Moments: Overbearing or Unintentionally Hilarious Wails, Lines, and Rhymes Belted on Fleet Foxes
by Christopher Gray
10. “My brother, where do you intend to go tonight? / I heard that you missed your connecting flight” (“Blue Ridge Mountains”)
9. “And you will remember when you rehearsed the actions of / An innocent and anxious mother full of anxious love” (“Oliver James”)
8. “I don’t know what I have done / I’m turning myself to a demon” (“Tiger Mountain Peasant Song”)
7. “Hummingbird, just let me die / Inside the broken holes of your olive eyes / I do believe you gave it your best try” (“Meadowlarks”)
6. “Meadowlark, fly your way down / I hold a cornucopia and a golden crown / For you to wear upon your fleece’d gown” (“Meadowlarks”)
5. “Lie to me if you will / At the top of Barringer Hill” (“Ragged Wood”)
4. “There’s nothing I can do / There’s nothing I can say” ad nauseum (“He Doesn’t Know Why”)
3. “Lay me down (x4) / Don’t give in (x8) /Come to me (x4) /Lay me down (x8)” (the entirety of “Quiet Houses”)
2. “Dear shadow alive and well / How can the body die / You tell me everything / Anything true” (“Tiger Mountain Peasant Song”)
1. “Settle down with me by the fire of my yearning” (“Ragged Wood”)
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