Footsteps
Last of the English Gentlemen
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Hidden by dark in the shadow of sycamore leaves The nightingale and the ivory hunters' son lay Pale as the sigh of light on the tip of two endless matches As the evening smoke clears they cradle each other's gaze. She sings him songs that rise like spells in the night And he howls at the moon when it threatens to borrow her light She carves out confessions on the branch of a tree by the lake The words can't be read, she just likes the impression they make And their footsteps go La da da, la da da down the lane Both soaked to the bone La da da, la da da In the December rain They waltz in the graveyard And laugh at the children beneath You can tell they are lovers Her scars are the shape of his teeth With delicate, shy, crimson smiles they run wild 'til morning Swinging from willows, spinning like dust in the pine And they never grow tired, for they're hidden by shade When the dawn comes calling And they're laid to rest, their bodies like ivy entwined She sings him songs that rise like spells in the night And he howls at the moon when it threatens to borrow her light She tends to the marks on his flesh and the bark of the tree He likes the impressions but he never did learn how to read And their footsteps go La da da, la da da down the lane Both soaked to the bone La da da, la da da In the December rain They crawl through the graveyard And cry for the children beneath And you know that she's wild His scars are the shape of her teeth In the cool naked dawn the nightingale solemnly sings Of the stillness of flight that are dreams, that is death, and the music somewhere in between And when silence falls The clamour of claws can cause You to abandon your name And the violence of love But that ivory glove Will lead your hand back to the flame Again and again She sings him songs that rise like spells in the night And he howls at the moon when it threatens to borrow her light In her feathers and crown she looks like some enchanted queen You can tell they were lovers when their eyes both glow aquamarine
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Written by: Tommy Shannon, Kevin Bowe
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