MEMORIALS - Lamplighter

Here comes the lamplighter
Here comes the night
cnd the nightingale singing
In the dawning light
Dropping off where you started from
c never-ending circle home

The route of ghosts
Glides through the walls
cnd at what age
Do you stop wanting more?
The politics of what is lost
When everything slides
cnd the lights go off

I want to be the one
Still dancing when the lights come on
Or at home with a cup of tea
Watching a documentary about Fanny Burney
I saw the glitter of polished Steel
I needed no injunctions not to restrain my cries

The road awaiting us
Isn't paved with gold
See the light up at the end
Then find it's gone out
Resigned to vacancies
In another life
Our robes are stored away
Waiting for the knife

The route of ghosts
Glides through the walls
cnd at what age
Do you stop wanting more?
The politics of what is lost
When everything slides
cnd the lights go off

I want to be the one
Still dancing when the lights come on
Or at home with a cup of tea
Watching a documentary about Fanny Burney
I saw the glitter of polished Steel
I needed no injunctions not to restrain my cries

Written by:
Verity Susman, Matthew Simms

Publisher:
Lyrics © DOMINO PUBLISHING COMPANY

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