I took your counsel and came to ruin
Leave me to myself, leave me to myself
I took your counsel and came to ruin
Leave me to myself, leave me to myself
Oh I was made to live without you
But I’m never gonna understand, never understand
Oh I was made to live without you
But I’m never gonna understand, never understand
Hold me in your everlasting arms
Looked up full of fear
Trapped beneath a chandelier that’s going down
I thought it over and drew the curtain
Leave me to my cell, leave me to my cell
I hummed the Dies Irae as you played the hallelujah
Leave me to my cell, leave me to my cell
If you’d been made to serve a master,
You’d be frightened by the open hand,
Frightened by the hand
Could I ever be made to serve a master?
Well, I’m never gonna understand, never understand
CHORUS
Music by Rostam Batmanglij and Ezra Koenig. Lyrics by Ezra Koenig. Additional bass by Ariel Rechtshaid. Mixed by Rostam Batmanglij and Ariel Rechtshaid. Produced by Rostam Batmanglij and Ariel Rechtshaid. Mastered by Emily Lazar and Joe LaPorta at The Lodge.
Other versions
Horchata/Shots/Everlasting Arms
Shots → Everlasting Arms
Featured on
Live recordings
Enmore Theatre9 January 2020
Red Rocks Amphitheatre9 October 2019
Webster Hall5 May 2019
Libbey Bowl17 June 2018
Great Stage Park13 June 2014
Randall’s Island Park8 June 2014
Autódromo de Interlagos6 April 2014
Hipódromo de San Isidro2 April 2014
Parque O’Higgins30 March 2014
General Society of Mechanics and Tradesmen of the City of New York10 December 2013