Down

Intro

We met in the East, poured in like a flood

You're the whispering kind, dark sapphire blood

A vision of veils, all shimmery white

Like a backdrop of sails, all aglow from the light

Of the wonder behind

 At a starry night

In the mountain’s song, and the blue jay's call

My heartbeat flows, in crystal waterfalls

You were so beautiful, in your elegant bed

You'd have my blues, for your Nantucket reds

I'd wait in the dark

 balanced on a thread

So, I'd wait in the dark

 balanced on this thread

And under the church-light

you stand there

 with your wicked blood and your curls

Yeah, under the church-light

you stand there

 in your fur and your pearls

These lines were here

 long before we came around

Yeah, these lines were here

And there's an ember in the rafters

 and it's going to bring this whole thing down

In the neon mist, I heard you breathe

An exquisite sound, some secret symphony

Your silken skin, my fingers rough

In the midnight din, we went home and touched

Beneath the chandeliers

 in your Persian's dust

Beneath your chandeliers

 in your Persian's dust

And under the church-light

you stand there

 with your wicked blood and your curls

Yeah, under the church-light

you stand there

 in your fur and your pearls

These lines were here

 long before we came around

Yeah, these lines were here

 And there's an ember in the rafters

 an ember in the rafters

 There's an ember in the rafters

 an ember in the rafters

 There's an ember in the rafters

 an ember in the rafters

 There’s an ember in the rafters

 an ember in the rafters

 Yeah, there’s an ember in the rafters

 an ember in the rafters

 There’s an ember in the rafters

 an ember in the rafters

then...

And there’s an ember in the rafters

 and it’s going to bring this whole thing down