Weakerthans - Saint cecilia
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DmOut on the fFront porch with a kerGosene laFmp
See wDmhite-capped waFves rolling fiGve feet hFigh,
but beDmgging these meFmories for anGother adFvance
is like wDmhispering loFve to the GskFy
DmI have this piFcture of you taGking my hFand
DmSink to my knFees in the daGmp, dark sFand
DmTake off all your clFothes and we rGeach out in vFain
DmThe light goes oFut as it stGarts to rFain
DmSaint Cecilia seGnd me something simFple aGnd subFlime
DmClose my eyes and dGouse my head with rFed respbGerry wFine
Dm F G F....
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