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Helplessness Blues

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Helplessness Blues was released on May 3, 2011 by Sub Pop Records as a part of the album Helplessness Blues

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OVERVIEW

LYRICS

Credits

PERFORMING ARTISTS

Robin Pecknold

Vocals

Skyler Skjelset

Skyler Skjelset

Performer

Christian Wargo

Christian Wargo

Bass Guitar

Casey Wescott

Performer

Joshua Tillman

Drums

Morgan Henderson

Morgan Henderson

Upright Bass

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

Davey Brozowski

Assistant Engineer

Greg Calbi

Mastering Engineer

JAY FOLLETTE

Assistant Engineer

Jonny Mendoza

Assistant Engineer

Trevor Spencer

Assistant Engineer

Lyrics

[Verse 1]

I was raised up believing

I was somehow unique

Like a snowflake distinct among snowflakes

Unique in each way you'd conceive

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

[Verse 2]

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

[Verse 3]

If I know only one thing

It's that everything 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

[Outro]

If I had an orchard, I'd work till I'm raw

If I had an orchard, I'd work till 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 till I'm sore

If I had an orchard, I'd work till I'm sore

Oh-oh-oh-oh-oh

Oh-oh-oh-oh-oh, oh

Oh-oh-oh-oh-oh, oh-oh-oh-oh

Someday I'll be like the man on the screen

Written by: Robin Pecknold

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