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"What will I do without the weight of you?"

"sleep for me sleepless / dream for me dreamless"

Yes. Yes and yes. I can confirm that these records also work very well in the context of winter in suburban and post-industrial adolescent Massachusetts. Just want to add that the title track on Star above the Manger is maybe one of the best songs of all.

"turn down the lighthouse low / let the lost keep staying lost / shepherds dead sober whispering numbers / there's a star above the manger tonight"

"your better days are all behind you now"

"let your backbone ease, let your hands forget"

"the last to leave, the last to come / the elevator waits to take you down"

"in and out of sleep / even with the rise and fall"

"after the quiet bleeds, peel and age / familiar peace in the pain / raindrops tremble and wait to freeze on spiders house"

"don't give it a name / drowned and drinking the light / gods eyes are closed just like yours."

"along your skin / lost my language"

Califone's playing here in New York this Thursday. They are basically my favorite band of all the bands.