Artist: Two Gallants
Song: Linger On
Album: The Scenery of Farewell
Intro:
step out to clutch the evening air
‘straction from your disrepair and all of those who say they know
walk the balustrade till dawn you won’t blink and you won’t yawn
never let your weakness show
though i keep your picture on the wall unplug the phone in case you call
and dust collects upon the sill
still you misplace all your faith in words as though you’ll ever feel assured
if you don’t know you never will
Chorus:
but no i never meant you any harm
suffocating shelter of your arms
()
if i let you down it wasn’t me but you who kept me round
linger on linger on
and while your tears fall dawn his cheek for the fallen, small and meek
look what the invalides compose
well he should've warned you from the start another callus on the heart
another victim of the throes
so sip your cigarettes and tea be sure you never think of me when your vanities unload
and in case your beauty makes you weep for what you touched but couldn’t keep
for what you had but couldn’t hold
Chorus:
but no i never meant you any harm
suffocating shelter of your arms
()
if you should feel betrayed it wasn’t me but you who made me stay
linger on linger on
Interlude:
well i’ll take your convalescent dreams patch the wounds and sew the seams
get you ready for the fall
but should you miss me when i’m gone girl your memory serves you wrong
you never needed me at all
but you can miss the hollow of my hand and all the lives that we had planned
all the jealousies you sold
and i’ll take back the youth you can’t repay all the hours i gave away
and all the lies i never told
Chorus
but no i never meant you any harm
suffocating shelter of your arms
()
and if i did you wrong it wasn’t me but you who wrote this song
linger on linger on
Outro: