Featured In
Credits
PERFORMING ARTISTS
Robin Pecknold
Vocals
Skyler Skjelset
Performer
Christian Wargo
Bass Guitar
Casey Wescott
Performer
Joshua Tillman
Drums
COMPOSITION & LYRICS
Robin Pecknold
Songwriter
Fleet Foxes
Arranger
Casey Wescott
Vocal Arranger
PRODUCTION & ENGINEERING
Fleet Foxes
Producer
Phil Ek
Mixing Engineer
Adam Armstrong
Assistant Engineer
Brian Kornfeld
Assistant Engineer
Cathy Ferrante
Assistant Engineer
Davey Brozowski
Assistant Engineer
Greg Calbi
Mastering Engineer
JAY FOLLETTE
Assistant Engineer
Jonny Mendoza
Assistant Engineer
Trevor Spencer
Assistant Engineer
Lyrics
I was raised up believing
I was somehow unique
Like a snowflake distinct among snowflakes
Unique in each way you can see
And now after some thinking
I'd say I'd rather be
A functioning cog in some great machinery
Serving something beyond me
But I don't, I don't know what that will be
I'll get back to you someday soon, you will see
What's my name, what's my station?
Oh, just tell me what I should do
I don't need to be kind to the armies of night
That would do such injustice to you
Or bow down and be grateful
And say, "Sure, take all that you see"
To the men who move only in dimly-lit halls
And determine my future for me
And I don't, I don't know who to believe
I'll get back to you someday soon, you will see
If I know only one thing
It's that every thing that I see
Of the world outside is so inconceivable
Often I barely can speak
Yeah I'm tongue tied and dizzy
And I can't keep it to myself
What good is it to sing helplessness blues?
Why should I wait for anyone else?
And I know, I know you will keep me on the shelf
I'll come back to you someday soon myself
If I had an orchard
I'd work 'til I'm raw
If I had an orchard
I'd work 'til I'm sore
And you would wait tables
And soon run the store
Gold hair in the sunlight
My light in the dawn
If I had an orchard
I'd work 'til I'm sore
If I had an orchard
I'd work 'til I'm sore
Someday I'll be
Like the man on the screen
Writer(s): Robin Pecknold
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