You Will Not Take My Heart Alive Lyrics - Divers - Joanna Newsom

And what do you remember most? 

The line of the sea, seceding the coast? 

Fine capillaries, glowing with cars? 

The comfort you drew from the light of the stars? 

And how long did you climb that night 

With the ice in your lungs, on the rungs of the light? 

Beyond recall, you severed all strings 

To everyone, and everything 

Oh, silent, constant driver of mine 

Wordlessly calling from the end of the line 

Where, even though each hour I ever loved 

Must queue and dive 

Still, you will not take my heart, alive 

In martial wind, and in clarion rain 

We minced into battle, wincing in pain 

Not meant for walking, backs bound in twine 

Not angel or devil 

But level, in time 

And I rose, to take my shape at last 

From the dreams that had dogged me, through every past 

When, to my soul, the body would say 

You may do what you like 

As long as you stay 

Now the towns and forests, highways and plains 

Fall back in circles like an emptying drain 

And I won't come round this way again 

Where the lonely wind abides 

And you will not take my heart, alive 

You will not take my heart