“The CN Tower Belongs to the Dead”

Final Fantasy → Has a Good Home → “The CN Tower Belongs to the Dead”

Lyrics

We the dead, we the dead, find a country road
Country road, lead the dead from our homes to the ground
Make a book of the maggots our bodies will snare
Cause the earth is the earth, no need to travel in the air

The CN Tower is built upon our bones!
The CN Tower will always be our home!

Decorate ’round the base all the graves of our lost loves
With cabbages, ginger root, and a crucifix

Never rode on the plains, never thought I couldn’t stay
Had a good run anyway, had a good run anyway
I could fill up the lake with all the things I didn’t say
Had a good run anyway, had a good run anyway

From the top of the tower, radio buzz in our ears
We can see your house from here, we can see your house from here

Notes

The “Many Lives → 49 MP” single contains “The CN Tower Belongs to the Dead (Many Ives Version)”.

“The CN Tower Belongs to the Dead” was used in the Canadian comedy film Everything’s Gone Green.

Levi’s commercial

“Cary Fukanaga, who directed that commercial, is a friend of mine. M Blash, who made the Blue Imelda video, conceived of the whole ad campaign.

“Cary asked specifically for the intro to ‘Ives Version’, which is, of course, written entirely by Charles Ives. It was written by Ives, but the master recording is owned by me. Leon and St. Kitts also make points of this recording, so it was in all of our interests to ‘sell’.

“We contacted the Estate Of Charles Ives and they were eager to go ahead with the license. So: there it is. Beautiful commercial. Patrick wears Levi’s. Leon can buy a new sound card, St. Kitts can make some mortgage payments.” —Owen [source]

CN Tower

The CN Tower is the primary landmark of Toronto, located beside Lake Ontario.

Owen Pallett fansite

Final Fantasy → Has a Good Home → “The CN Tower Belongs to the Dead”

Lyrics

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