This is the third Fleet Foxes song featured on the blog, all from their self-titled 2008 debut. The first song showed up during a theme week on critically acclaimed artists whose appeal I just don’t get.
The second song, like this one, was a Random Weekend selection. I allowed that it was better than I’d remembered and wondered if maybe I owed the band another chance.
That post ran almost exactly six years ago (missed the anniversary by a day) and I can confirm that I have not heard a single track from this album since then. Listening to this rather boring song today leaves me content with that decision.
Lie down with me my dear, lie down
Under stormy night, tell nobody
[Verse 1]
My brother, where do you intend to go tonight?
I heard that you missed your connecting flight
To the Blue Ridge Mountains, over near Tennessee
[Verse 2]
You’re ever welcome with me any time you like
Let’s drive to the countryside, leave behind some green-eyed look-a-likes
So no one gets worried, no
So no one gets worried, no
[Interlude]
But Sean, don’t get careless
I’m sure it’ll be fine
I love you, I love you
Oh, brother of mine
[Chorus]
In the quivering forest
Where the shivering dog rests
Our good grandfather
Built a wooden nest
And the river got frozen
And the home got snowed in
And a yellow moon glowed bright
Till the morning light
[Post-Chorus]
Terrible am I, child?
Even if you don’t mind
[Chorus]
In the quivering forest
Where the shivering dog rests
Our good grandfather
Built a wooden nest
And the river got frozen
And the home got snowed in
And a yellow moon glowed bright
Till the morning light
[Post-Chorus]
Terrible am I, child?
Even if you don’t mind, no
Meet Me In Montauk 
They have a pleasant, even if not compelling, sound.