The stakes are in & without this time
In softly through the eyes
Down slowly through the wire
Blood letting the days under the ice
We follow the tide out past the line
Where horizons end & suns will set
All a life under the sea ice
Drifting through under currents & tides
Surfacing to take hold the light
All of this be your kingdom tonight
What right have you to want even more
The razing of plans, the changing of the guard
Mighty currents flow under the ice
Steady as we go down though the brine
The blood understands, take it from me
All a life these fish in the sea
Filing down through the leagues underneath
Slowly churning the blood into wine
Hearts & art dying on the vine
We start letting go, we stand idly by
Set the kingdom afire & dance in the light
You can say it ain’t so but to say it ain’t so is a lie
Underneath it all it’s just this left alive
Underneath all this stone sea ice
Slowly churning the blood into wine
Trading my right to rise & die, alright
Finding my way through greenish night
In through the eyes, out through the wire
Down through the tide, under the satellite
But down alright
credits
from The Heart of the Matador,
released November 5, 2005
[dt] vocals, bass, gtrs, organ, keys, toms of like…doom,
drums right, shaker, tambourine
[sh] drums left, ghostly room drums, sleigh bells,
ambient buzzing, war tom, shouting!
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