Animal Collective
"April And The Phantom"


when April passes by
she thinks of saying, âЂŒbyeâЂќ
she tells her mother,
âЂŒI am not afraid
of dying in the bath or
swinging from up here"
she asks her mother if
she slept with strangers

the Phantom warped her brain
went out, all the things
her mother said
and whispered to a sneer
an autumn in my green
December, hello frost
and mother would say, âЂŒdaddy,
I don't know where April went,
she ran out in natureâЂќ

I found the Phantom would go
across the river and hide from my suffering
I like the shades of leaves, take off my dress and flow into the suffering

What'd she find?
Where'd she go?
Phantom ride
April's hole

everybody wants it
can't you see me waste it?

without a bra I let her lick around and take me from my suffering
forgotten easy reaching for the stars and begging me for suffering

What'd she find?
Where'd she go?
Phantom ride
April's hole

everybody wants it
can't you me waste it?

I finally see
a baby girl
I'm sorry April
but you'll be mine âЂ?till then

I'm the Phantom
I'm the Phantom
I'm the Phantom

I sneak around
you're on top
a frenzy April
then we ride again

I'm the Phantom
I'm the Phantom
I'm the Phantom

and in the end
her mother knows
I'm sorry April
but a child grows

I'm the Phantom
I'm the Phantom
I'm the Phantom

watch me as I lead the way
from infancy to grown up babies

Phantom, please put on my make up!

I ain't breathing, I keep calling

Phantom, you're all white and naked!

have your baby, I keep calling

I'm not right, I'm not faking!

I am burning and I'm shaking

April no, it's just a spirit!

I am there, the end is nearing

April and the Phantom
they were just like lovers
always sneaking kisses for the weekend

everything's just okay with me
everything's just all right with

April and the Phantom spoke in secret code
until they buried Phantom by the road

everything's just all right me
everything's just all right with phantom

Katy's got no friends
Katy's got no friends at all