Songs upon Wine-Stained Tongues Lyrics


Meet me where the sand meets the sea

My home is atop that crumbling cliff

Follow me up the steep path, you may come in

More a fortress, less of a home

It's the only place I call my own

And the tall ship on the grey seas when they flash emerald green

Foolish though it may be

To indulge in all that we've been

We'll uncork the spirits of our past

And welcome them in

Oh, the laughter flushed in your cheeks

Your legato half-rhymes

Echo down tapestried halls

I'm almost alive

Songs upon wine-stained tongues

Stories over hearty soup

Let me remind you of all you forgot you knew

Down the hall, up the stairs

Most nights I spiral down, down, down

But would you like a vista of a starlit town?

Higher still, been so long

No one dared visit in eons

Look just there, breathe the night air

Beneath the stars

Our hands are like ice

Should have known that you're like me

If you have time, I'd like to hear

All about the things you've seen

Those spectres in your eyes

The seabreeze in your hair

What dark voyage left you soulfully scarred?

They shunned me, a fatherless boy

With only one friend, who taught me the words of men

Then I wove them in melodies and garnered acclaim

I sang for my fortune, for all that was lost

I saw every kingdom but never forgot

The one who brought me from silence to serenade

The way was rough, the sea took my life

To a decadent hell in eternal night

With a demon who dealt in souls and granted dreams

It called me Darling, gave me its years

I live on borrowed time with tears

Long-run dry, so I weep them in songs of memories

I know that one, minor IV and back home?

The deep-rooted ache, to be seen, to be known

Our hands like ice, but comfort glows

Like embers fanned by songs on wine-stained tongues

Yeah!

We laugh, I cry, the night goes on

The shadows of old friends long-gone

Somehow doesn't frighten you away

Cinnamon smoke, candlelight on your face

Fingers entwined in the night's embrace

Our eyes shut, but you've seen me, and I've seen you

Comfort in company, and songs we both knew

I've seen you, you've seen me

If our demons dance, so can we

I live for the days when your fangs lay bare

Your stormy oceans and starlight stare

To hell with it all

I love you now and forever