You Will Not Take My Heart Alive 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
You will not take my heart, alive
You will not take my heart, alive
You will not take my heart

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