Alex Cornell covers Bon Iver's "Re: Stacks," recorded late at night after waking up. The performance is sparse and intimate, with a brief spoken outro about the circumstances of the recording.
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And everything that happens from now on, this is pouring, this is paralyzed. And I keep going down. Down to 100 at a time. And it's hard to find it when you knew it, and your money's gone, and you're drunk as hell. In the back, in the racks, in the stacks, you're low. In the back, in the racks, in the stacks, you're low. In the back, in the racks, in the stack, and you're low. And I've been twisting to the sun. I need it to replace. And the fountain in the front yard has rusted out. And my love went down in the frozen ground. There's a black crow sitting across from me. His wiry legs are crossed, and he's dangling my keys. He leans and fakes a toss. Whatever could this be that has brought me to this loss? In the back, in the racks, in the stacks you load. In the back, in the racks, in the stacks you load. In the back, in the backseat, I'm stacking your load. This is not the sound of a new man or a crisp realization. It's the sound of fear lurking in a lift away. All your love will be, I said, safe with me. Oof.
I woke up and I had to record that one. I got out of bed and here I am. So I hope you liked it. It's a little late at night. I'm gonna go to bed.