Justin Vernon, the mastermind behind indie band, Bon Iver, is notorious for mumbling falsetto nonsense for the entirety of just about every song he writes. So often times, me listening to Bon Iver looks a lot like this.
Here, I will help you decode his mumbo-jumbo nonsense so we can understand what's going on in that beautiful mind.
1. "Skinny Love."
Sounds like:Ridin' this moped's always talk.
Actual lyric:Right in the moment, the order's tall.
2. "Holocene."
Sounds like: Jake and vape and stick with us.
Actual lyric:Jagged vacance, thick with ice.
3. re: "Stacks."
Sounds like:This my ex's vacation, too. Faye is comin' around.
Actual lyric:This my excavation, and today is kumran. (Apparently, it's a reference to Qumran National Park in Israel, but he intentionally spells it wrong. Why? The world may never know.)
4. "Towers."
Sounds like:Woulda missed you if you'd have brought your dog in.
Actual lyric:What a mischief you would bring young darling.
5. "Flume."
Sounds like:Happy legs left every noon.
Actual lyric:Lapping lakes like leery loons.
6. "Wash."
Sounds like:I... We're stokin' out for the ratchet fiends.
Actual lyric:I... We're sewing up through the latchet greens.
7. "Perth."
Sounds like: Steal a line fumhorhasdjgk.
Actual lyric: Still alive who you love.
8. "Beach Baby."
Sounds like: What a time, put a ton in your ear on a peach.
Actual lyric:Once a time put a tongue in your ear on the beach.