Jenny Hval Six Red Cannas Lyrics
Six Red Cannas by Jenny Hval
[Intro: Vivian Wang and Félicia Atkinson]
Red cannas in the sky
Red cannas in the sky
[Verse 1: Jenny Hval and Vivian Wang]
I didn't think about it at the time
I didn't think about it at the time
What in the desert
I think I was trying to enlightenign Georgia O'Keeffe
Georgia, Georgia, Georgia, Georgia, Georgia
[Verse 2: Jenny Hval]
Like Joni Mitchell writes to Amelia Earheart
When she is driving, driving, driving in the desert
As if a song can communicate
Would the spirits all wake up the dead?
[Chorus 1: Jenny Hval and Félicia Atkinson]
Humming, isn't that what it's for?
1927
Humming, isn't that what it's for?
1920, 1946
Humming, isn't that what it's for?
1978, 1980
1986, 1999
Awaken the dead
[Verse 3: Jenny Hval]
I was but wasn't quite writing
I spotted six red cannas
As I was driving towards Ghost Ranch
In the north of New Mexico
New, New, New, New, New, New, New, mexico
New, New, New, New, New, New, New, mexico
[Verse 4: Jenny Hval and Félicia Atkinson]
I've never seen them
Red cannas in the sky
Red giants in the sky
'Cause they were tearing up there headfirst
[?] as it turned
1949
To [?] all kinds of spirits, the spirits
And you know they want to be, you know she's here before
1947, 1920
[Chorus 2: Jenny Hval and Félicia Atkinson]
We used to be all underwater
1820, 1563
We used to be all underwater
[?]
We used to be all underwater
[?]
We used to be all underwater
The ocean
We used to be all underwater
The ocean
We used to be all underwater
Red cannas in the sky
Red cannas in the sky
[Verse 1: Jenny Hval and Vivian Wang]
I didn't think about it at the time
I didn't think about it at the time
What in the desert
I think I was trying to enlightenign Georgia O'Keeffe
Georgia, Georgia, Georgia, Georgia, Georgia
[Verse 2: Jenny Hval]
Like Joni Mitchell writes to Amelia Earheart
When she is driving, driving, driving in the desert
As if a song can communicate
Would the spirits all wake up the dead?
[Chorus 1: Jenny Hval and Félicia Atkinson]
Humming, isn't that what it's for?
1927
Humming, isn't that what it's for?
1920, 1946
Humming, isn't that what it's for?
1978, 1980
1986, 1999
Awaken the dead
[Verse 3: Jenny Hval]
I was but wasn't quite writing
I spotted six red cannas
As I was driving towards Ghost Ranch
In the north of New Mexico
New, New, New, New, New, New, New, mexico
New, New, New, New, New, New, New, mexico
[Verse 4: Jenny Hval and Félicia Atkinson]
I've never seen them
Red cannas in the sky
Red giants in the sky
'Cause they were tearing up there headfirst
[?] as it turned
1949
To [?] all kinds of spirits, the spirits
And you know they want to be, you know she's here before
1947, 1920
[Chorus 2: Jenny Hval and Félicia Atkinson]
We used to be all underwater
1820, 1563
We used to be all underwater
[?]
We used to be all underwater
[?]
We used to be all underwater
The ocean
We used to be all underwater
The ocean
We used to be all underwater