Em D C x2
[Verse 1]
Light up my lanter
n, I’ll cut you a pat
h,
We’ve walked for hours and it’s getting dar
k
We left the roadsid
e in search of aid
,
Wind-screen shattered and tire marks mad
e
I’ve never seen someo
ne bleeding like this
,
Rip off your sleeve and clench your wris
t
[Verse 2]
I’ll light the stove
and sit by the heart
h,
Orangey glow light the wintry dar
k
We kept her bedroo
m exactly the sam
e,
Winters they followed and Summers they cam
e
He’d bash around,
banging down on the floo
r
I sit alone with an eye on the doo
r
– Strumming (Personal Preference)
Stop in this clearing
, we’ll stay here tonigh
t
Press up against me,
I’ll hold you so tigh
t
I got these matches,
we’ll let off some smok
e
Maybe they’ll see us
and maybe they won'
t
Blanket of leaves hi
de the light from the star
s,
I’ll lie awake list
ening out for car
s
[Verse 3]
He stares through curtai
ns when he talks to the nigh
t,
I sit and listen for tires on the driv
e
I keep on waiting and
he keeps on talkin
g
Just stop him talking, please stop him talkin
g
– Just strum downwards here no upward strums
No, give me silenc
e
G
ive me silence,
Give me silence
Oh,
no…
