Weakerthans - Saint cecilia
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EmOut on the fGront porch with a kerDosene laCmp
See wEmhite-capped waGves rolling fiDve feet hCigh,
but beEmgging these meGmories for anDother adCvance
is like wEmhispering loGve to the DskCy
EmI have this piGcture of you taDking my hCand
EmSink to my knGees in the daDmp, dark sCand
EmTake off all your clGothes and we rDeach out in vCain
EmThe light goes oGut as it stDarts to rCain
AmSaint Cecilia seDnd me something simGple aDnd subClime
AmClose my eyes and dDouse my head with rGed respbDerry wCine
Em G D C....
Wind rises swiftly and the trees start to sway
To take back the delicate words that you said
Place me there in the sunrise of the strong new day
Cause the light here is failing these words are all dead
Just leave me my cherished ambiguity
I need it to sleep with, I need it to see
for all contradictions that I try to disguise
will rise up from my lungs - come to be baptised by