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Artist: J. Tillman
Canonical path: /j-tillman/vessels
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Vessels
Read Vessels lyrics by J. Tillman on LyroVerse, with linked artist context and related song paths.
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Vessels
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Honest and wild You know you is
Luminous and distant I can't say
And I recall your arms out Like a child
Begging for surrender as the black sky swelled with fire
You never know the blameless dreamless heart
Weak and weary guarded above all
And I recall a gaze that never rests
Upon the broken vessels you to fortunate to mend
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J. Tillman performs "Vessels", and this lyric page sits inside the J. Tillman catalog on LyroVerse.
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