Aw, yeah, it's karaoke time!
The Decemberists are well-known for their lyrics, and in this song there's a useful ambiguity to them - it's readily apparent that you can get "angels" from "angles" readily enough, but what that means is quite open to interpretation. This tells me a very different story now than the first time I heard it, and that's a good thing. One of those songs that grows with you.
(Incidentally, when I was teaching English I had this song in my head a lot. "English" is derived from the Angles (as in Anglo-Saxon), and I kept all my teaching-English stuff in the "Angles" folder.)
Not really a rousing karaoke number, but still good to sing along with once in a while.
The Decemberists
"Of Angels and Angles"
Picaresque
Next: Lucha libre!
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