The Decemberists - From My Own True Love (Lost At Sea) (from Picaresque)

[@justanotherbohemian3827]

Love this band. Most of their songs have those sad stories that touch you from the first minute.

[@ashleypaul6326]

When I got widowed I finally understood the concept lol

[@3ggztr3m3b33tz]

This album is really just one emotional gutpunch after another. The second song is about tragic love that ends with a double suicide. The third song? A couple that died in abject poverty. The sixth song? A person begging the mailman for any type of news from a loved one that is probably dead. No, scratch that. Totally dead. Absolutely dead. Which makes it worse, because there then comes the question of whether they *do* know that their spouse/SO is dead but they're just lying to themselves by hoping that the mail will say something different. The ninth song is about a homeless couple that manage to scrounge a living. And we all know what the tenth song is about. In sum total: holy shit.

[@KingliestRat]

A little correction. We Both Go Down Together is not about a tragic love. Colin Meloy confirmed that the song is sung from the perspective of a rapist to his victim, hence the lyric "we laid down in the grass of a clearing, you wept but your soul was willing." He's trying to convince her to kill herself, saying that he will as well. Still equally tragic, just a bit darker in tone.

[@3ggztr3m3b33tz]

@@KingliestRat Tbh that only proves my point. Rape, poverty, missing loved ones. As I said before, holy shit.

[@KingliestRat]

@@3ggztr3m3b33tz absolutely, not gonna get any disagreements from me there. The whole album is a beautiful punch to the gut

[@kakashi392]

​@@KingliestRat I was always wondered about that part. But there are some cases where a couple who are still together had a "rapey" first sex experience. I've heard my sister talk about it.

[@JaymeforJesus]

This tune is very calming, but also very catchy.

[@JaymeforJesus]

This song has gotten to be one of my other favorites by the Decemberists.

[@ElysiiaLIVE]

Perklunt / Purkulator , thanks introducing this fantastic song!

[@ecence1337]

amen

[@billbill6735]

Perkulator legend mate tnhx for song for song :P

[@julienldl9120]

Perkulator 3 represent

[@sleepymongoose6663]

Four score years Living down in this rain swept town Sea salt tears Swimming round as the rain comes down Mr Postman, do you have a letter for me? Mr Postman, do you have a letter for me? A letter for me From my own true love Lost at sea Lost at sea Mr Postman, do you have a letter for me? Mr Postman, do you have a letter for me? A letter for me From my own true love Lost at sea Lost at sea

[@jasonyoung6420]

I don't how I got here from The Handsome Family, but here I am, enjoying this album

[@ElenaAnnunziata]

Great song...thanks for posting

[@JaymeforJesus]

This is a very mellow tune

[@pinkieblueyyummy]

Loving it

[@brightwhite22]

Thumbs up if you’re listening to this in 2020 while being emo sitting by yourself

[@basedbri]

Rachard milner

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