Decemberists - Red Right Ankle lyrics

This is the story of your red right ankle

And how it came to meet your leg

And how the muscle bone and sinews tangled

And how the skin was softly shed

And how it whispered,

"Oh, adhere to me for we are bound by symmetry

And whatever differences our lives have been

We together make a limb"

This is the story of your red right ankle

This is the story of your gypsy uncle

You never knew cause he was dead

And how his face was carved an ripped with wrinkles

In the picture in your head

And remember how you found the key

To his hide-out in the Pyrenees,

But you wanted to keep his secret safe,

So you threw the key away?

This is the story of your gypsy uncle

This is the story of the boys who loved you

Who love you now and loved you then

And some were sweet and some were cold and snuffed you

And some just layed around in bed

And some, they crumbled you straight to your knees

Did it cruel, did it tenderly

Some they crawled their way into your heart

To rend your ventricles apart

This is the story of the boys who loved you

This is the story of your red right ankle