Lyrics The Fiery Furnaces

The Fiery Furnaces

Nevers

Nevers

There's a town i know called nevers

No nevers

Never wasn't was what it weren't

When it wasn't once. Knew nevers

Knew nevers

Nothing never i'll ever learnt

There's a village i visit, that's vaguely

Sorta vaguely

Vaguely yes i seem to recall

Though it's unclear clearly- vaguely

Very vaguely

Can't say it's been there once and for all

I put back on my overshoes

And got in my renault

The trips reset so i'm unsure

How far it is to go

But then it hits me (slap)

I've left it off my map

There's a city i saw signed something

Must be something

Something never quite so defined

So much so how somewhere something

(though some sing)

So to speak's the uncertain kind

In an index looked up where-it-was

Exactly where it was

Just in fact to make sure i can't

Set a course straight through to where it ain't

And where it ain't

Ain't gotten to except at a slant

I put on my new black boots

And pack up my citroen

And out of town it huffs and puffs

I set off there alone

And then it hits me (slap)

I've left it off my map

There's a place i passed called once upon a time

Tiny once upon a time

Never wasn't weren't what it was

Set the clock back twice or once upon a time

In once upon a time

Never knew when it wasn't there because