LYRICS
The River
There’s a heart here cast in stone
And there’s a past dear I must atone
Oh, there were moments I thrust away
Now there’s a keeper I must pay
So here’s the scythe now and here’s the soil
And here’s the seed dear that I must toil
To heal the orchard from the cold dead earth
Well I’m sorry love, for all I have undone
And I’m sorry, dear, for what I have become
Down to the river we’ll go
Oh these weathered old hands of mine
They have grown weary over time
This aging heart love, it tremors slow,
But dear it’s beating still stands to grow
And oh the years dear they’ll be harsh and long
But I will go out and sing your songs
Over the mountains, over hills and streams
Oh I’m sorry love for all I cannot change
For the moments past I’ll gladly take the blame
Oh, you got my heart wrapped up you know,
I loved you from the start, so go,
light up the dark my darling
Go find a better start dear
Down to the river we go
Love Don't Go
So you lost your head inside your heart
And the weighty world it tore you apart
And you've all but given up
On the stone you call a heart, you're singing out
Sing it out
Oh, the love you've placed inside my hands
Oh, the fervor that your heart demands
Well we went off with a spark
But you were left out in the dark, singing out
Oh, sing it out
Oh, love, you wanna step outside
Find a place to run and hide
It isn't that it's tough
It's just that I don't love you enough
So take your shaking bones
And step out on your own
The winter never stops
Oh, love, you wanna step outside
Find a place to run and hide
It isn't that it's tough
Oh, baby love, it's just that I don't love you enough
So take your shaking bones and go
And there's nothing left inside my heart
No there's nothing left for you
Oh, there's nothing left inside my broken heart
You say yes, and I say no
Love don't stop, oh love don't go
Love don't go
The Headwinds
There was a cold December snow,
on the streets and towns below
you struck your name into the ground with me.
But love like all frigid things,
we did melt away with ease
washed away iniquities
we sailed out into the sea
like a wave upon the shore
we rose up and crashed back down upon ourselves.
and the words that fled our lips,
bitter shrieks and evil quips, oh how they stained
how they stain the ground below.
Like a horn that breaks the fog,
I beat down here on my chest love like a drum.
And you'll hear my growling voice,
once so silent, now I've got no god damned choice
but to sing my bitter song,
let the headwinds pull the tune out of my lungs
and my voice it whimpers low
dearest lover I don't know
should I stay or should I go.
and love like the autumn leaves
oh our fate, it was to die away with ease
And my dear in years to come
will you think of me with hate here or with love?
and oh this house, we built of stone,
it crumbles back to the earth below,
and I am done, and you are done
and we are gone
and nothing’s left here but this song.
Brittle Bones
Brittle bones,
you stand alone.
Doff your shoes
and warm your toes.
Strike the air,
but no one's there
and the sun is going down, down, down.
Broken beast
your angry shrieks,
shake the night,
till the mornings light.
Stamp your sound
into the ground.
And the weight,
is finally away,
the weather here's muted out,
now your body here is finally gone somehow
and the world is spinning round, round, round.
Straight to the bottle,
you're falling now.
and it goes down…
and a weight,
a bitterness has found
an easy way down your throat.
Oh the barkers now kindly calling out,
and the sun is going down, down, down.
Marry Me
Wait with me,
hold me down, lift me up, till I've got nothing left to sing about.
Call on me dear,
when the night grows soft, we'll go.
Come away with me,
I'll take you out, lift you up, till you've got nothing left to worry 'bout.
Lay with me.
When the darkness rocks the soil
oh our bodies twitch and toil
we slip away.
Oh here we shake the sand
and we hold our harsh demands,
and slip away, slip away.
Oh when darkness rocks the soil
oh our bodies twitch and toil
we slip away.
Oh here we shake the sand
and we hold our harsh demands,
to slip away.
Marry me,
Marry me love,
our symmetry, it simply defines us,
Marry me,
Marry me love, my dear