Gruff Rhys
Celestial Candyfloss
[Verse 1]
I said, "I'm a barista", she heard "Barrister"
Misunderstanding my baritone stammer
That tricky to understand led to the overland
Ticket right in my hand, took it and left down the stream
To investigate all domesticated couples who misunderstand
All the intricate and the outricated concepts of
[Chorus]
Love as the final destiny
Chasing it like a park ranger
Shoot for celestial candy floss
Licking it like there's no danger
[Verse 2]
Destiny, cyclical symmetry
Upturn the commentary, turn to familiar simile
Destiny, hemorrhage the Muscovy
Off shore the family, in anonymity, pack-up
And flee through the snow to escape the wrath of the continental covenant
Poised, shrewd and primed to convert the bonds of the military mighty for
[Chorus]
Love as the final destiny
Chasing it like a park ranger
Shoot for celestial candy floss
Licking it like there's no danger
[Bridge]
Call from the wilds of the barren lands on the slopes of the volcano
As old marmalade drips from mantelpiece down the corrugated edges of
[Chorus]
Love as the final destiny
Lifting it like a pall bearer
Shoot for celestial candy-floss
Licking like there's no danger
Love as the final destiny
Legging it like a park ranger
Hark! For celestial candy-floss
And fall asleep like there's no danger