But inasmuch as that light is loaned, insofar as we've borrowed bones, must every debt now be repaid in star-spotted, sickle-winged night raids. (Joanna Newsom)

But inasmuch as that light is loaned, insofar as we've borrowed bones, must every debt now be repaid in star-spotted, sickle-winged night raids.

Joanna Newsom

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