You ride in the park and you're peaking
Piss pools in your seat
Shes standing inside but you surely repeat
Oh God don't leave me here
I will freeze till the end
Love is loves reprieve

Winter is coming and you're stuck here
Oh and so is she
Now when the wind blows you cover your teeth
I told you to shed away and trade in your blues
Love is loves sad news

That was Wisconsin that was yesterday
Now I have nothing that I can keep
Cause every place I go I take another place with me
Love is loves mystique

You're up on the bar and your shaking
With every grimy word
Who will love
Whats love when you've hurt
You wonder as you see the snow kissed the curb
Love is loves return

That was Wisconsin that was yesterday
Now I have nothing that I can keep
Cause every place I go I take another place with me
Love is loves critique



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"Wisconsin [*]" as written by Justin Deyarmond Edison Vernon

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  • +1
    General Comment:The idea that some people will be a part of you forever seems to be a theme with Bon Iver.
    Just because a relationship is over, the time that you spent together doesn't become redundant - love makes every second worthy of a memory.
    This song also sort of attempts to explore the ways that people deal with the breakdown of relationships, she's out getting drunk, dancing on bars, and trying to forget something that was worth remembering. He takes another place with him everywhere he goes, and that place is memory, that place is HER, and yet her way of dealing with their being apart has soured the memory of their relationship.

    "Now I have nothing that I can keep."
    Flag catpea0on May 16, 2012   Link
  • 0
    General Comment:"Love is love's reprieve"
    This line alone resonates a truth at a level above any other lyric I have ever heard.

    Love itself is a delay to it's own inevadable end.
    Wow!

    I am writing this the day before valentines day : /...Jaded much??
    Flag Guitfreak28on February 13, 2012   Link
  • +1
    My Opinion:I really feel like this song has a Springsteen or Arcade Fire influence to it-- especially every line that comes right before a "love is love's ___" line. The whole song feels so powerful in a more traditional songlike way (unlike other Bon Iver songs, equally powerful but it a different manner), with its clear-cut choruses and verses and such, but with a special Vernon influence. It's such a beautiful song and I really love it so much.
    Flag Winternoiseon September 09, 2011   Link
  • 0
    General Comment:Does anyone think he's saying, "you're out in the park and you're peaked?" As in pale or sickly?
    Flag karleetronon August 05, 2011   Link
  • 0
    General Comment:Haunting. .
    Flag yakjunkieon October 18, 2010   Link
  • 0
    General Comment:i'm about 95% sure the lyric is:

    "winter has come and you're stuck here
    wearing summer shoes"
    Flag YouKnowStuffon August 31, 2010   Link
  • +2
    My Opinion:I'm in love with this song and here's what I think the lyrics are. Seems to make a little more sense this way. But thanks for posting it!)

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    You're out in the park and you're peeking
    Piss pools in your seat
    She's standing inside but you surely repeat
    Oh God don't leave me here
    I will freeze till you leave
    Love is love's reprieve

    Winter is come and you're stacking
    All your summer sheets
    Now when the wind blows you cover your tooth
    And our tool shed
    Where you trade in your blues
    Love is love's sad news

    That was Wisconsin, that was yesterday
    Now I have nothing that I can keep
    'Cause every place I go I take another place with me
    Love is love's mystique

    You're up on the bar and you're shaking
    With every grimy word
    Who will you love? What's love when you've hurt?
    The winter as your scene
    The snow kissed the curb
    Love is love's return

    That was Wisconsin, that was yesterday
    Now I have nothing that I can keep
    'Cause every place I go I take another place me
    Love is love's critique
    Flag Poperooon November 27, 2009   Link
  • 0
    My Interpretation:"The first line has GOT to be "you're out in the park and you're peaking, piss pools in your seat..."
    as in peaking on a jag on some sort of drug, pissing yourself."

    Maybe, but I doubt the line has to do with any drug reference. Pretty sure it's "peeking" as in he's watching his old girlfriend, kinda spying on her at some park. He's jealous, almost obsessed, hoping to God she doesn't spot him. In fact he's so nervous about her seeing him watching her he feels like he's going to piss himself, metaphorically speaking...

    Epic song.
    Flag mikew1958on October 23, 2009   Link
  • 0
    General Comment:You're up on the bar and your shaking
    With every grimy word
    Who will love
    What's love when you've hurt
    You wonder as you see the snow kiss the curb
    Love is loves return
    Flag YouKnowStuffon August 19, 2009   Link
  • 0
    General Comment:i love this song.
    Flag YouKnowStuffon June 29, 2009   Link

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