When all these things have gone They've gone in love and they've gone in wonder And cracks appears in rocks And the cabin shakes in thunder And the local men explained to me How the soil and the sea they have no calendar Through nights of cold and rain We'll raise our ghosts to take our blame
We take what we want from everything we can All before the ruin We'll take what we want from everything we can All before the ruin
And you wore my silver ring In exchange for the ring I wear As we crumpled our sleep together I'm still tasting the salt in your hair Each generation will have Much less happiness to spare The night thickens with the rain As our ghosts appear to take our blame
We take what we want from everything we can All before the ruin We take what we want from everything we can All before the ruin And you can say what you say, but each new day Is a walk towards the ruin
Night replaces spring with autumn Turn your face away As one by one our thoughts return The daylight leaves the day I'll hold your hand toward the ruin Turn your face away As lonesome as a distant road When it's our turn to fade away
When it's our turn to fade away When it's our turn to fade away