Lantern

[Verse 1]
Silently, suddenly
Comes the ghost at your side
Quietest enemy
Inside the dream
Perfectly, this reprieve
Taken, but not given
Loneliness, like a mist
Lost to the sea

[Pre-Chorus]
Eyes like violence cut desire and float down to the chair
Always still, God’s windowsill, and perfectly aware

[Chorus]
Say you’ll wait till morning
Say you won’t run away (even today)
Say you’ll light this lantern for me now (now...)
(For me now...)

[Verse 2]
I believe, make believe
Play like snakes in your hair
Empathy, up my sleeve
Not really there
Child’s play in the waves
By this silent lighthouse
Drowning fast, pushing hard
Natureless care
[Pre-Chorus]
Eyes like mice cut through the lies and humourless despair
Always still, God’s windowsill, and perfectly aware

[Chorus]
Say you’ll wait till morning
Say you won’t run away (even today)
Say you’ll light this lantern for me now (now...)
(For me now...)

[Bridge]
Inside this whirlpool, you find yourself spinning
And ebbing and flowing to me
Nightmare aversion, a hopeless uncertainty
Play in the wild, wild sea

[Chorus]
Say you’ll wait till morning
Say you won’t run away (even today)
Say you’ll light this lantern for me now (now...)
(For me now...)