Shadows

Album: The Far Field (2017)
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  • My window opens on your heart
    Yet shadows divide our worlds with loss
    The light setting, in the corner of my room
    Isn't enough, but is it for you?
    A melody that trails and falls, yet never fully blooms
    Plays like an old song
    That's just out of tune

    Why can't you just break free?
    Is it the heat dreams, that fevers brought you?

    These old shadows (they're just shadows)
    They turn me like a screw
    And dance the dance of Dante, entreating you

    They're just shadows (these old shadows)
    Won't let me get close to you
    I'm walking a ghost, through the Garden of Eden's ruins
    (I'm tryna get through to you)

    The light setting, in the corner of my room
    Plays like an old song that's just out of tune
    A melody that trails and falls yet never fully blooms
    Is it enough?
    Well is it for you?

    Why won't you just take me?
    Is it the bee's sting that honey haunts you?
    Is it the sweet things you fear
    You'll lose If I get near, to you?
    Before we're through

    These old shadows (These old shadows)
    Parade you like a fool
    You're living in dust while a ghost hangs coats on you

    These old shadows (They're just shadows)
    Crotcheted and trembling, nude
    I'm walking a ghost but I wanna walk next to you
    I wanna break through to you

    The light setting in the corner of my room
    Isn't enough, well is it for you?

    The light setting, in the corner of your room
    It's more than enough, for me and for you

    For me and for you Writer/s: John Gerrit Welmers, Samuel Herring, William Cashion
    Publisher: Third Side Music Inc., Universal Music Publishing Group
    Lyrics licensed and provided by LyricFind

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