Dance me to your beauty with a burning violin Dance me through the panic 'til I'm gathered safely in Lift me like an olive branch and be my homeward dove
Now I greet you from the other side Of sorrow and despair With a love so vast and so shattered It will reach you everywhere And I sing this for the captain
Maybe I'm still hurting I can't turn the other cheek But you know that I still love you It's just that I can't speak I looked for you in everyone And
Your father's gone a-hunting He's deep in the forest so wild And he cannot take his wife with him He cannot take his child Your father's gone a-hunting
How many times did you call me? And I knew it was late, I left everybody But I never went straight I don't claim to be guilty but I do understand There
Now the Captain called me to his bed He fumbled for my hand "Take these silver bars" he said "I'm giving you command" "Command of what, there's no one
: Maybe I'm still hurting I can't turn the other cheek But you know that I still love you It's just that I can't speak I looked for you in everyone
: Dance me to your beauty with a burning violin Dance me through the panic 'til I'm gathered safely in Lift me like an olive branch and be my homeward
: Now I've heard there was a secret chord That David played, and it pleased the Lord But you don't really care for music, do you? It goes like this
: Your father's gone a-hunting He's deep in the forest so wild And he cannot take his wife with him He cannot take his child Your father's gone a
: I greet you from the other side Of sorrow and despair With a love so vast and shattered It will reach you everywhere And I sing this for the captain
: Now the Captain called me to his bed He fumbled for my hand "Take these silver bars," he said "I'm giving you command." "Command of what, there
: If it be your will That I speak no more And my voice be still As it was before I will speak no more I shall abide until I am spoken for If it
: How many times did you call me And I knew it was late I left everybody But I never went straight I don't claim to be guilty But I do understand
: I went down to the place Where I knew she lay waiting Under the marble and the snow I said, Mother I'm frightened The thunder and the lightning
Dance me to your beauty with a burning violin Dance me through the panic 'til I'm gathered safely in Lift me like an olive branch and be my homeward
Maybe I'm still hurting I can't turn the other cheek But you know that I still love you It's just that I can't speak I looked for you in everyone
Now I've heard there was a secret chord That David played, and it pleased the Lord But you don't really care for music, do you? It goes like this