LYRICS
Beneath the Brine
Oh, young love of mine
She sleeps beneath the brine
And oh the sound, the tick
The weighty click of her heart against my spine
Now the dark is nigh
And she lays here at my side
But like a steady squall
Her arms they fall and her legs, they grasp me tight
Oh, young love, young dear
Why have you taken me in your fall?
All of my love, all of my life
Given to you, sacrificed
Oh, my waking world
I leave you for a girl
Cast away into this blight
Swimming blindly through the night
Now my heart is bound
Like a plague upon this sound
And oh, it slips away, such soft decay
Then it grows
Oh, young love, young dear
Why have you taken me from the fall?
All of my love, and all of my life
Given to you, sacrificed
Stay clear of the wreckage
She goes down, down, down
And she burns like the sun
And it all falls away
Take your time and I'll take mine here today
But it cuts like a knife
And we're bound here as the night, it breaks away
And it all goes down
Oh, the sun!
Oh, young love, young dear
Why have you shaken me from the fall?
All of my life, all of my days
Given to you, cast away
Here's to the war
Here's to the night
All of my love, sacrificed
Soft and kind
Cold as ice
Hold yourself beneath the brine
Smooth as wine
Black as night
Hold yourself beneath the brine
The World
Build yourself an empty home
Mold it out of soot and stone
Hide your little love away
Keep it from the light of day
'Cause all the things that he can do
Love, here he cannot hurt you no more
But when you go
I hope you know
That the world's just not the same
Move away into the night
Pull the curtains up so tight
Hold yourself off from the sun
Hide away from everyone
'Cause all the things that he can do
Well, here he cannot hurt you
Sometimes you break the mold
Sometimes your heart is cold
Set away with your demons
Here dear, you must stay clear of his heart
'Cause he threw it like a stone
Through your windows
But I really hope you know
That we hope that you'll come back around
And I hope you know
That when you let go
The world will heal another one
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
William's Dirge
INSTUMENTAL
Howl
State your name
State your case
'Cause the lines were drawn
Do you love me babe?
Now you say,
“Lover stay
Warm these bones my dear
Light my heart afire!”
I know you never mean to say
All of the awful things you say
But oh God, the reason is yours
Oh God, the reason was yours
You smile
I howl to the moon, to the stars
To the way that we were
Howl to the moon, to the stars
When the weight of the world
Is just too much for you
Now I wait
As love and fate
Echo from your lungs
Do you want me babe?
Here you state
That a storm is waiting dear
Turn the lights down low
‘Cause one of us is surely gone
I know you never meant to stay
I know love
We weren't meant to be
I know you never meant to go
Break my heart of gold
But oh God, the reason is yours
Oh God, the reasons are yours
Tonight we're smiling
Forever lost together
Forever howling at the moon
‘Cause it's just too much for you
Forever lost together
Forever howling at the moon
When it's just too much for you
I'm gonna kiss, gonna kiss
Gonna kiss your lips
I'm gonna make sure dear that
My love sticks
I'm gonna shake, gonna shake
Gonna shake your legs
I'm gonna make make make
Make make you beg
I'm gonna make sure that
Your heart is true
I'm gonna say here,
"Darling, I love you!"
I'm gonna make sure that
You love me too
Do you love me dear?
Do you love me here?
I'm gonna break break break
Break you dear
I'm gonna shake
Shake up all your fears
I'm gonna take
Take you down my dear
Do you love me dear?
Do you love me dear?
I'm gonna make
Make you love me dear
I'm gonna break
Break you down my dear
Tonight I'll smile
You’ll howl to the moon, to the stars
To the way that we were
'Cause it's just too much for you
Forever lost together
Forever howling at the moon
'Cause it's just too much for you
Forever lost together
Forever howling at the moon
'Cause it's just too much for you
The Water's Fine
You say your heart is found
And motion to the sound
You hold yourself against the wake
You say the water's fine
Save me from this life I have made
There's a hustle and a bustle
In the city tonight and I find
That a feeling it grows
Down from my legs to my spine
Save me from this life
Bathe me in the light
Save me from the dark of the day
Save me from this life
Bathe me in the light
Save me from the dark of the day
You say this life is sound
And move upon the ground
You hold yourself against the waves
You say the water's fine
I am the Winter
Maybe there's a heart
Slowly beating for you in the dark
That casts a sturdy sound
Slowly lifting out above the ground
But it's not mine this time
No it's not mine this time
Maybe there's a man
That's holding out, love, his undying hand
With a warmth, a loving spark
To pull you out, away love, from the dark
But oh, my love, I am the winter
And my arms are cold
And, dear, my gale breaks us to splinters
And my wake is bold
The things I gave to take
The hearts I loved to break
The words that slowly fade to nothing
So maybe there's a heart
Slowly beating for you in the dark
But it's not mine this time
No it's not mine this time
She Knows My Name
Now with a wonder
She wakes by the curtains, she knows
That the morning brings an ending to our love
And the window it shakes with a silence that grows
Oh it hurts her but she's never never known
Oh it's not that bad when she goes
'Cause she sings my name like it's a sad, sad song
Oh it's not that bad when she's away
She knows my name she knows it well
And she knows my face more than herself
But I wish her well
Here in the morning
She wakes without warning, she cries,
"Oh, I love you dear!"
And this widow of old past insidious hearts
Well she screams a lot and cries to be alone
So it's not that bad when she goes
'Cause she sings my name like it's a sad, sad song
Oh it's not that bad when she's away
She knows my name, she knows it well
And she knows my face, more than herself
But I wish her well
Sometimes she stalks and moans like a ghost
And the way she throws her words
Well they hurt me to the bones
They weigh me down like stones
Here, in the evening
My words are deceiving and cold
And oh, with a wonder,
Our hearts torn asunder it shows
That her love was just an excuse to be loved
So it's not that bad when she goes
'Cause she sings my name like it's a sad, sad song
Oh it's not that bad when she goes
'Cause she sings my name like it's a sad, sad song
A sad song
Deutsche
Meine Liebe gehört dir
English
My love is yours
As We Move Forward
My hands, they stand empty dear
My lips, spread to whisper clear
Oh, the words
Change is inevitable my young love
And as the past moves on
Dear it never goes
So take up your pencil here
And write out the words you fear
But oh, my love
Oh just take a little more time, my young love
And oh, my dear, please be responsible
As we move forward
With an open heart
We look backward
Searching for the start
The start, so we can piece this together
Hope is an echo now
That lasts until the ending sounds
Out so loud
Until we give our last breaths out
And we close our eyes
To a waking dawn
And here, here I'll always be
And dear, when you cry for me
Just recall, oh my love, you're the only one I love
And as the days move on
Dear, they never go
As we move forward
With an open heart
We look backward
Searching for the start
All of us are in this life together
All of us are in this spin forever
When the Lights go Out
When the lights go out on the city
Lay your head upon my chest
And away we'll go
This silent road
We'll never know
When the lights go out on the city
Wrap your arms around me dear
And with a steady hold
We take the time
We'll never know
And who is to say why we're leaving dear?
Who is to say why we've gone?
Oh clearly this rock isn't going nowhere we know
When the lights go out on the city
Rest your hands inside mine dear
When the lights go out on the city
Know that I am with you here
When the lights go out
Oh you're gone, but you're never gone my love
Oh, the city lights
When the lights go out
There's a Thunder
There's a thunder in my heart, rising up
There's a flicker and a spark, rising up
All we are are silent villains
That go on and on
There is nothing in this world I can't give
There is something in this life left to live
Oh here and now will last forever
It goes on and on
Don't sit back down to fall away
Riding on the backs of yesterday
You've got your heart, it's locked up safe
But rising up, the voices grow
Shaking through the streets and towns below
Slowly lifting up
When the world's not soft and silent anymore
Onward and upward we move on now
On and on and on
Make Me a Boat
Make me a boat
And set me afloat
And carry me home
Find me a wave
Thats soft and safe
And made for me
Find me a wave
That is slow and amazing
To care for my heart
Find me a wave
That's harsh and ungraceful
To tear me apart
Find my own maker
Carry me home
The lights are unchanging here
Lead me away to the city today
The shaking of all my fears
Cast away
Born in the fire, we're watching it grow
We're watching it grow
Cast in the fire, she makes me a home
She makes me a home
Burn in the fire, we're watching it grow
We're watching it grow
Cast in the fire, she makes me a home
She made me a home
And she made me a home
Oh, she made me a home
And we moved soft and slow
So please marry me love
Oh, please marry me love
Make me a boat
And set me afloat
And carry me home