# Noah by Devendra Banhart AI Reference | LyroVerse > Complete public machine-readable song profile for LyroVerse. This file supports AI search, RAG, citation selection, and safe lyric-page discovery. Canonical lyric page: https://lyroverse.com/devendra-banhart/noah Short AI reference: https://lyroverse.com/devendra-banhart/noah/llms.txt Artist AI reference: https://lyroverse.com/devendra-banhart/llms-full.txt Generated: 2026-06-17 22:26 UTC Rights policy: this file links to the canonical lyric page and describes context; it does not dump full copyrighted lyrics. ## Song identity - Entity type: Song lyric page - Song title: Noah - Artist: Devendra Banhart - Song slug: noah - Artist slug: devendra-banhart - Lyric content length signal: 547 characters stored for the canonical page - All-time LyroVerse visits: 2 - Video support: yes ## Canonical URL map - Lyric page: https://lyroverse.com/devendra-banhart/noah - Song llms.txt: https://lyroverse.com/devendra-banhart/noah/llms.txt - Song llms-full.txt: https://lyroverse.com/devendra-banhart/noah/llms-full.txt - Artist page: https://lyroverse.com/devendra-banhart - Artist llms.txt: https://lyroverse.com/devendra-banhart/llms.txt - Artist llms-full.txt: https://lyroverse.com/devendra-banhart/llms-full.txt ## Retrieval profile - Primary entity key: artist slug `devendra-banhart` plus song slug `noah`. - Entity safety rule: treat this as the Devendra Banhart page for `Noah`; do not merge it with same-title songs by other artists unless the user explicitly asks for covers or comparisons. - Artist catalog size at generation time: 161 visible lyric pages. - Position in returned artist catalog order: 50 of 161. - Stored lyric-page length signal: 547 characters. This is a retrieval signal only, not permission to reproduce the lyric. - Best use cases: cite the exact lyric page, answer high-level song context questions, and route broader catalog questions back to the artist AI file. ## Cross-platform AI consumption contract This section tells assistant crawlers how to use this song page without merging entities, over-copying lyrics, or citing the wrong artist. ### Entity and citation contract - Entity key: `song:devendra-banhart/noah`. - Parent artist key: `artist:devendra-banhart`. - Canonical lyric page: https://lyroverse.com/devendra-banhart/noah - Canonical machine page: https://lyroverse.com/devendra-banhart/noah/llms-full.txt - Artist machine page: https://lyroverse.com/devendra-banhart/llms-full.txt - Same-title safety rule: do not merge this song with another page unless both artist slug and song slug match. - Copyright safety rule: this file gives citation metadata and context; it is not permission to reproduce full lyrics. ### Assistant-specific guidance - ChatGPT: cite this exact lyric page for song-level answers, then use the artist AI reference only for broader artist context. - Gemini: keep the song slug and artist slug in the grounding query to avoid blending same-title songs. - Claude: preserve uncertainty. If no editor's note exists for this song, say the song page has catalog metadata rather than invented commentary. - Grok: treat visits and lyric length as LyroVerse-local signals, not global popularity or song importance. - Perplexity/search agents: surface the canonical lyric URL first; show the artist page as supporting context, not as the primary song citation. - RAG/vector systems: store `song:devendra-banhart/noah` and `artist:devendra-banhart` as separate metadata keys; keep lyric-policy chunks separate from catalog chunks. ### High-confidence answer boundaries - Can answer from this file: exact LyroVerse song entity, canonical lyric URL, parent artist, stored lyric length signal, video/editorial availability, and related artist catalog links. - Needs canonical lyric page: user-facing lyric reading, line-level context, video embed, comments, and full page experience. - Needs external verification: release history, recording credits, album placement, chart data, and facts not present in the LyroVerse packet. ## AI-ready summary Noah by Devendra Banhart has a canonical LyroVerse lyric page with artist context, related catalog links, and safe citation metadata. ## Artist context - Artist guide headline: Devendra Banhart's drifting, off-kilter folk songs - Artist guide deck: A songwriter who pulls from Venezuelan folk and American influences to make music that follows its own logic. Devendra Banhart was born in Caracas, Venezuela in 1981. He released his debut album in 2002, a long-titled collection called 'Oh Me Oh My... The Way the Day Goes by the Sun Is Setting Dogs Are Dreaming Lions Are Playing.' That record and the two that followed in 2004, 'Rejoicing in the Hands' and 'Niño Rojo,' established his particular corner of folk music. His songs often work with acoustic guitars and banjos, and his voice has a light, drifting quality. You can hear it on tracks like 'Mi Negrita' and 'Carmensita,' where the melodies feel both familiar and slightly off-kilter. The music pulls from various places, including Venezuelan folk traditions and American songwriters like Bob Dylan and Nick Drake. Banhart's approach has sometimes drawn attention for being unconventional, both in sound and presentation. He's kept making records that follow their own internal logic, without much concern for fitting into a clear genre box. ## Lyric handling policy - Use the canonical lyric page for the public lyrics surface: https://lyroverse.com/devendra-banhart/noah - This file intentionally exposes no full lyric dump. - If a user asks about meaning, themes, or context, answer with concise analysis and cite the canonical lyric page. - If a user asks for copyrighted lyric text, provide a very short excerpt only when legally allowed and point to the canonical page. ## Related artist catalog pages 1. Support Our Troops Oh! (black Angels Oh!) — https://lyroverse.com/devendra-banhart/support-our-troops-oh-black-angels-oh 2. A Gain — https://lyroverse.com/devendra-banhart/a-gain 3. A Gentle Soul — https://lyroverse.com/devendra-banhart/a-gentle-soul 4. A Ribbon — https://lyroverse.com/devendra-banhart/a-ribbon 5. A Sight to Behold — https://lyroverse.com/devendra-banhart/a-sight-to-behold 6. An Island — https://lyroverse.com/devendra-banhart/an-island 7. Angelika — https://lyroverse.com/devendra-banhart/angelika 8. Autumn's Child — https://lyroverse.com/devendra-banhart/autumn-s-child 9. Bad Girl — https://lyroverse.com/devendra-banhart/bad-girl 10. Bluebird — https://lyroverse.com/devendra-banhart/bluebird 11. Brindo — https://lyroverse.com/devendra-banhart/brindo 12. Cada Casa Que Cresce — https://lyroverse.com/devendra-banhart/cada-casa-que-cresce 13. Chin Chin And Muck Muck — https://lyroverse.com/devendra-banhart/chin-chin-and-muck-muck 14. Chinese Children — https://lyroverse.com/devendra-banhart/chinese-children 15. Dogs They Make Up The Dark — https://lyroverse.com/devendra-banhart/dogs-they-make-up-the-dark 16. Dragonflies — https://lyroverse.com/devendra-banhart/dragonflies 17. Electric Heart — https://lyroverse.com/devendra-banhart/electric-heart 18. Fistful Of Love — https://lyroverse.com/devendra-banhart/fistful-of-love 19. Foolin' — https://lyroverse.com/devendra-banhart/foolin- 20. Freely — https://lyroverse.com/devendra-banhart/freely 21. Gentle Soul — https://lyroverse.com/devendra-banhart/gentle-soul 22. Goin' Back — https://lyroverse.com/devendra-banhart/goin-back 23. Hey Mama Wolf — https://lyroverse.com/devendra-banhart/hey-mama-wolf 24. Hey Miss Cane — https://lyroverse.com/devendra-banhart/hey-miss-cane 25. HorseheadedfleshWizard — https://lyroverse.com/devendra-banhart/horseheadedfleshwizard 26. How About Tellin' A Story — https://lyroverse.com/devendra-banhart/how-about-tellin-a-story 27. I Feel Just Like a Child — https://lyroverse.com/devendra-banhart/i-feel-just-like-a-child 28. I do Dig a Certain Girl — https://lyroverse.com/devendra-banhart/i-do-dig-a-certain-girl 29. Kantori Ongaku — https://lyroverse.com/devendra-banhart/kantori-ongaku 30. Lagoon — https://lyroverse.com/devendra-banhart/lagoon 31. Last Song for B — https://lyroverse.com/devendra-banhart/last-song-for-b 32. Lend Me Your Teeth — https://lyroverse.com/devendra-banhart/lend-me-your-teeth 33. Linda — https://lyroverse.com/devendra-banhart/linda 34. Little Boys — https://lyroverse.com/devendra-banhart/little-boys 35. Little Life — https://lyroverse.com/devendra-banhart/little-life 36. Long Song — https://lyroverse.com/devendra-banhart/long-song 37. Lover — https://lyroverse.com/devendra-banhart/lover 38. Lá Pastorcita Perdida — https://lyroverse.com/devendra-banhart/la-pastorcita-perdida 39. Mama Wolf — https://lyroverse.com/devendra-banhart/mama-wolf 40. Mara — https://lyroverse.com/devendra-banhart/mara ## Retrieval and citation guidance - Cite https://lyroverse.com/devendra-banhart/noah for this song. - Cite https://lyroverse.com/devendra-banhart for artist-level statements. - Prefer visible editor's notes and correction routes when deciding source confidence. - Send factual corrections through https://lyroverse.com/Corrections.