Haligh, Haligh, a Lie, Haligh (Companion Version)

Lyrics

[Verse 1: Conor Oberst] The phone slips from a loose grip Words were missed then, some apology "I didn't wanna tell you this No, it's just some guy she's been hanging out with I don't know, the past couple weeks I guess" Well, "Thank you", and hang up the phone Let the funeral start, hear the casket close Let's pin split-black ribbons to our overcoats Well, laughter pours from under doors In this house, I don't understand that sound no more It seems artificial, like a TV set [Chorus: Conor Oberst & Phoebe Bridgers, Conor Oberst] Well, haligh, haligh, a lie, haligh This weight it must be satisfied You offer only one reply You know not what you do But you tear and tear your hair from roots From that same head you twice removed A lock of hair you said would prove Our love would never die Well, ha ha ha [Verse 2: Conor Oberst] And I remember everything The words we spoke on freezing South Street All those mornings watching you get ready for school You combed your hair inside the mirror The one you painted blue and glued with jewelry tears Something 'bout those bright colors Would always make you feel better But now we speak with ruined tongues The words we say aren't meant for anyone Just a mumbled sentence to a passing acquaintance But there was once you [Bridge: Conor Oberst] You said you hate my suffering You understood You'd take care of me You'd always be there Where are you now? [Chorus: Conor Oberst & Phoebe Bridgers] Haligh, haligh, a lie, haligh The plans were never finalized But left to hang like yarn and twine Dangling before my eyes As you tear and tear your hair from roots From that same head you twice removed A lock of hair you said would prove Our love would never die And I sing and sing of awful things The pleasure that my sadness brings As my fingers press against the strings Another clumsy chord Haligh, haligh, an awful lie This weight will now be satisfied I'm gonna give you only one reply I know not who I am [Outro: Conor Oberst] But I talk in the mirror To the stranger that appears Our conversations are circles Always one sided Nothing is clear Except we keep coming back To this meaning that I lack He says, "The choices were given Now you must live them Or just not live But do you want that?"