Devendra Banhart(Born 30 May, 1981 in Houston, Texas but raised in Venezuela) is an avant-folk singer-songwriterwhose first few records were released on the Young God Records label from New York City; his most recent CD was released by XL Recordings. He is one of the most popular artists to come out of the new " New Weird America" movement that includes performers such as Faun Fables, Viking Moses, Jack Rose, Jana Hunter, the MV + EE Medicine Show, Currituck Co., Six Organs of Admittance, We the Royal, and many others. He is also a member of the group Vetiver. Banhart is often compared to such disparate artists as Marc Bolan, Daniel Johnston, Billie Holiday, Karen Dalton, Syd Barrett, Nick Drake, John Fahey, and Tiny Tim. His music tends to consist of fairly simple guitar melodies with minimal other instrumentation, and his lyrics are often surreal and naturalistic.
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Devendra Banhart
And each strand of her hair is really insect eyes
And each hole in her tongue is always occupied
By the milk of the sun
And each hair on her head is fields of gold wheat
And i'm lying on my back
And i'm falling asleep
Mm hmm hmm hmm
And each lash in her eye in really white roots
And each line in her skin is really red roots
Mm hmm hmm hmm
And the neck her head's on is a tunnel of dawn
But darkness will come
But darkness will come
For sure, it's gonna come
And the breast on her chest is where i take my rest
Is where i have my fun
Is where i have my fun
Mm hmm hmm hmm
And the one long red nail that shoots from her toe
Is tickling my blood
And shifting its flow
Mm hmm hmm hmm
And each strand of her hair is really insect eyes
And each hole in her tongue is always occupied
By the milk of the sun
And i'm always late, 'ways late
And i'm always late
Yeah, i'm always late
Yeah, i'm always late
Ah ah ah ah...
And your black two lips of time
And your black two lips of time
And yours hand rejoice in mine
Ah ah ah ah...
And that seed, it grows all day
And that seed, it grows all night
And our veins are intertwined
Ah ah ah ah...