Lyrics Animal Collective

Animal Collective

April and the Phantom

When April passes by, she thinks of saying bye

She tells her mother, I am not afraid

Of dying in the bath, or swinging from up here

She asks her mother if she slept with strangers

Phantom was the bright way out

Of all the things her mother said

A whisper to her scream

An autumn in my green

December, hello frost

Her mother would say "Dad,

I don't know where April went"

She ran out in nature!

She ran out in nature!

She ran out in nature!

She ran out in nature!

She ran out in nature…

I found the Phantom would go

Across the river and hide from suffering

Like the shades of trees

Take off my dress and flow into the stuff we’re in

She ran out in nature

What'd she find?

She ran out in nature

Where'd she go?

She ran out in nature

Phantom light

She ran out in nature

Take her home

Everybody wants it!

Aaah! Can't you see me wastin’?

She ran out in nature…

We've gotta buy land

When they go out and take all the stuff we’re in

We've got neither, reachin' for the stars

And beg and keep us sufferin’

She ran out in nature

What'd she find?

She ran out in nature

Where'd she go?

She ran out in nature

Can't somebody

She ran out in nature

Take her home?

Everybody wants it!

Aaah! Can't you see me wastin’!

I finally see a baby girl,

I’m sorry April, but you'll be fine ‘til then,

I'm the Phantom,

I'm the Phantom,

I'm the Phantom,

And I sneak around, and you're on top,

A frenzy April, let me write it down

I'm the Phantom,

I'm the Phantom,

I'm the Phantom,

And in the end, your mother knows,

I’m sorry April, but a child grows

I'm the Phantom,

I'm the Phantom,

I'm the Phantom,

I am…

Watch me as I lead the way

From infancy to grown up babies

-Phantom, please put on my make-up!

I am breathin’, I’ll keep callin'

-Phantom, you're all white and naked!

Have your baby, I'll keep callin'

-I'm not right, I'm not fakin'!

I am burnin’, and I'm shakin'

-April, no, it's just a spirit!

I am there, end is nearin’

April and the Phantom

They were just like lovers

Always sneakin' kisses for the weekend

Everything's just okay with me

Everything's just alright with…

April and the Phantom spoke in secret code

Until they buried Phantom by the road

Everything's just alright with me...

Everything’s just alright with Phantom…

Kid has got no friends…

Kid has got no friends at all