Lyrics Damien Jurado

Damien Jurado

ONALASKA

It was if I went looking for a new direction

Indecisive and undecided

I had been in the desert and spent time on a mountain

Off of my feet and floating in suspension

Heard the voices of wisdom and sang with creation

Where my name was a color and my years were a number

I was freedom in motion where the wind never slumbered

Disguising my voice so not to be heard

Don't say you ever knew me

Long after I am gone

Don't say you ever knew me

I had my doubts so you gave me an option

Take what's in front of you or the highway

It was you I ran into, I'd been dying for days

Off of my feet and floating in suspension

Heard your voice from the next room in a song on a station

Where my name was repeated through the static and numbers

We are the way, we are the ending

Don't say you ever knew me

Long after I am gone

Don't say that you saw this

Long after I am gone