Wedding In Finiestère Lyrics - Jens Lekman

I was booked for a wedding on the coast of Finistère 

After the rehearsal I took a walk down to the harbor 

They say, "This is where the world ends" 

Or maybe where it's beginning 

Out on the pier sat the bride on the rail smoking 

I wasn't sure if she wanted to talk 

But she nodded and waved me in 

Her eyes were on the horizon 

I asked how she was feeling 

She said, "Like a five-year-old watching the ten-year-olds shoplifting 

Ten-year-old watching the fifteen-year-olds French kissing 

Fifteen-year-old watching the twenty-year-olds chain-smoking 

Twenty-year-old watching the thirty-year-olds vanishing" 

Is this where the world ends? 

Or is it where it's beginning? 

You open one door to find all the other doors closing 

I said, "Marry and regret it 

Don't marry, regret it too 

Whether you marry or you don't 

Either way you'll wish you hadn't 

We laughed and she dried a tear 

We walked back to the town front 

And later that night I sang "You Are the Light" 

We all danced and got drunk 

I felt like a five-year-old watching the ten-year-olds shoplifting 

Ten-year-old watching the fifteen-year-olds French kissing 

Fifteen-year-old watching the twenty-year-olds chain-smoking 

Twenty-year-old watching the thirty-year-olds vanishing 

Oh, please, distract me 

From every life unlived 

Every path I haven't taken 

The heart's still a little kid 

A scared little five-year-old watching the ten-year-olds shoplifting 

Ten-year-old watching the fifteen-year-olds French kissing 

Fifteen-year-old watching the twenty-year-olds chain-smoking 

Twenty-year-old watching the thirty-year-olds 

Five-year-old watching the ten-year-olds shoplifting 

Ten-year-old watching the fifteen-year-olds French kissing 

Fifteen-year-old watching the twenty-year-olds chain-smoking 

Twenty-year-old watching the thirty-year-olds vanishing