Anchorless - The Weakerthans

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Anchorless Lyrics

They called here to tell me that you're finally dying
Through a veil of childish cries
Southern Manitoba prairie's pulling at the
Pant leg of your bad disguise

So why were you so anchorless?
A boat abandoned in some backyard
Anchorless
Small town that you lived and died in

Shoe box full of photos, found a grainy mirror
Sunken cheeks and slender hands
Grocery lists and carbon-copied letters offer
Silence for my small demands

Hey, how'd you get so anchorless?
A boat abandoned in some backyard
Anchorless
Small town that you lived and died in

Got an armchair from your family home
Got your P.G. Wodehouse novels and your telephone
Got your plates and stainless steel
Got that way of never saying what you really feel

So anchorless
A boat abandoned in some backyard
Anchorless
Small town that you lived and died in


Don't want to live and die here
Don't want to live and die here

Where we're anchorless
Anchorless
Small towns that we live and die in

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The Weakerthans are a Canadian indie rock/folk band headed by former Propagandhi member, John K. Samson and also consisting of guitarist Stephen Carroll, bassist Greg Smith, and drummer Jason Tait. Their blend of punk-inflected folk rock with literate, witty, introspective lyrics have made them one of the most popular bands on the Canadian music scene.

Hailing from Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada, The Weakerthans have produced four full albums with a variety of unusual subjects; a couple of songs are sung from the point of view of John's cat Virtute (Ver-tu-tay). The Weakerthans are popular in their home city of Winnipeg; their song "One Great City!" expresses their love/hate relationship with the problems and attitude of Winnipeg. No matter their methods, though, one thing is clear: The Weakerthans are not afraid to venture into lyrical styles uncharted by their contemporaries. On their third album, Reconstruction Site, Samson penned three songs, "(Manifest)", "(Hospital Vespers)", and "(Past Due)", in Shakespearean sonnet form.

One origin story for the band's name, as quoted in the liner notes of Fallow, is a line from the 1992 film The Lover: "Go ahead, I'm weaker than you can possibly imagine." The band's name may also refer to a Ralph Chaplin quote from "Solidarity Forever": "What force on Earth can be weaker than the feeble strength of one?" The band alludes to this line in the song "Pamphleteer" from the album Left and Leaving. Read more on Last.fm. User-contributed text is available under the Creative Commons By-SA License; additional terms may apply.

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