Idlewild
It was upon row of housesTight skirts and baggy trousersGreen men and cheap disguisesHigh hopes and higher risesWho lived a girl who was on a missionWho lived a boy who was under suspicionTried hard to stay beside herUntil the devil put his seed inside her
How?You know howSpeak[?] to love and the sand runs outSo close to midnightTime to flyDo or dieStung[?] in the headlights
Here we lieHigh and dryThe world will never see you 'till you open your eyesSay goodnightKill the lightThe world will never hear you tonightIdlewild
For two years he tried to reach herWorshiped the ground beneath herShe, she was always runningHe, he saw the end was comingBut now the story takes a turnShe wakes up and her sheets are burningHead down against the fireNow, now, now the table turns
She won't learnSleep to love and your bed starts burningSo close to midnightIdlewild you don't knowYou never need to
Here we lieHigh and dryThe world will never see you 'till you open your eyesSay goodnightKill the lightThe world will never hear you tonightIdlewildIdlewild
I thought that we were good togetherI thought that we could weather the weatherWhether or not that wise is the word for usThat high hopes are only there because, becauseBecause I thought the only thing between usWas something shallow not a river so deep (we see us[?])Dredge up the wreckage our parents left usLay it on the banks to rot and festerNow it's (scarlet and[?]) hanging like a death starAnd Gretna Green dark[?] and Manchester[?]I don't want to hear it now
Here we lieHigh and dryThe world will never see you 'till you open your eyesSay goodnight, kill the lightThe world will never hear you tonightIdlewildIdlewildKill the lightIdlewild...