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Charon's Obol Lyrics by Mitski Mitski
Below, you will find the lyrics for Charon's Obol by Mitski.
At midnight, the dogs gathered around the house
Around her house
Her heart was like a drawer
She only opened when she went out to feed those dogs
And let her memories bathe, in the moonlight for a while
Those were the dogs owned by the girls who died in that house
Meeting every night, keeping vigil in the place
Where their people went away
And so she'd wake the rest of her nights in that house
Feeding all the hounds at it's mouth
Ooh-ooh-ooh-ooh
Ooh-ooh, ooh-ooh-ooh
Ooh-ooh-ooh, ooh-ooh-ooh
On her first night wandering around the dark
Of her new house
Solemn as a bride
That's when she first saw them
Out the kitchen window, right at 12 o'clock
A dozen silent dogs of all different type
She almost was one of the girls
Who died in that house
So when it was stigmatized
She took it on to start a new life in that house
Be the token coin in it's mouth
Maybe with enough time, tending to that ground
She can heal the heart of her house
Feeding all the hounds at it's mouth
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