And I said I know it well.

Good morning!!  This song, to me is like a glittering white Christmas in late July. It's relatable and brutally honest.  It aches.  It's filled with hope.  It also sparkles, shines, and lights up my world, as I know it. When I heard this live, it was probably literally one of the most gorgeous things my ears had ever come across in my long history of seeing live music. Have I mentioned that I'd like to  marry Bon Iver for writing and singing the way he does? I think I may have.  ;) Enjoy.

"Well I met you at the blood bank
We were looking at the bags

Wondering if any of the colors

Matched any of the names we knew on the tags

You said, "See, look, that's yours!

Stacked on top with your brother's

See how the resemble one another

Even in their plastic little covers"

And I said I know it well

That secret that you know 

But don't know how to tell

It fucks with your honor

And it teases your head

But you know that it's good girl

Because it's running you with red

Then the snow started falling

We were stuck out in your car

You were rubbing both of my hands

Chewing on a candy bar

You said, "Ain't this just like the present

To be showing up like this"

As a moon waned to crescent 

We started to kiss

And I said I know it well

That secret that we know

That we don't know how to tell

I'm in love with your honor

I'm in love with your cheeks

What's that noise up the stairs, babe?

Is that Christmas morning creaks?

And I said I know it well."

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