Now That I Know — Devendra Banhart

Now that I know The way it goes You gotta pay back every penny that you owe

Twelve years old In your mama's clothes Shut the blinds and lock up every door

And if you hear Someone's coming near Just close your eyes and make them disappear now

Years away Finds me here today On my own and knowless of my way now

So I send my friends Gifts from where I've been Something for the hand that never there to lend

Better keep those eyes Climbing paradise And don't pretend you won't reach it in the end now

Dearest dear I know you've been near Why'd you run, tell me why'd you disappear now

That you're not Here with me Seems to be the only time I can see you clearly

I may not know How to treat or give you what you need But I am a gentleman who says what he means now

And now I sing Upon my knees And praise the kindness of a gentle breeze

I see it swell Like a story in me to tell Told years away and past my day of dying

So you raise them up To heaven always hell There are nowhere to share give a hand to help some

Oh you give them away But they'll come back to you someday What I know I know nobody's ever there to help him

And I know it ain't fair And if God forbid you care It's enough to get you in a whole lot of trouble

I realize it ain't wise to idealize Or put your life in the hands of any struggle

And every nights or ever claim to be Never buy that freedom just ain't free now

Ella said Sifting in the sand Like a hymn within to help us understand

Heaven awaits We're making our last stand Glory bound and sparrow in our hand