The Holy Ground

When the morning comes
I gaze on you with desire
When the morning comes
My look will be perfectly plain
When the morning comes
My beloved one
When the morning comes
You'll know that we both feel the same

In the afternoon
Misgivings will pale into nothing
In the afternoon
We'll know what it is to believe
When it's afternoon
And i covet you
In the afternoon
I'll give you no reason to leave

Done with time and patience
I moved with the crowd
Lonely in my silence
And being without
Then all in one instant
Straight out of the blue
Out of all its goodness
The summer sent you

Now its evening time
And i reach for you lying beside me
Now its evening time
Your kiss will be tender and sure
Now its evening time
Just like every time
In the evening time
I love you as much as before

Done with time and patience
I moved with the crowd
Lonely in my silence
And being without
Then all in one instance
Straight out of the blue
Out of all its goodness
The summer sent you
All in one sweet instant
Straight out of the blue
Out of all its goodness
The summer sent you

Late glow on an early winter evening in dockland
With my ship of dreams moving easily across the sound
Reminiscence is weighting me down with a vengeance
Tide water so deep i think i'm going to drown

But in the wink of an eye i am rising above the affliction
In the wink of an eye i am come back in from the cold
I don't even have to try and i'm gone out of here without notice
Gone out of dockland without a care in the world

It didn't hit me when i met you coming out of the shambles
It didn't hit me when you took me to the summer field
I didn't flinch when you told me that you'd get what you wanted
I never had what it takes to have a heart of steel

But in the wink of an eye i am rising above the affliction
In the wink of an eye i am come back in from the cold
I didn't even have to try and i'm gone out of here without notice
I'm gone out dockland without a care in the world
Gone out of dockland

And yes i loved you the time that is was
And yes you may rip me whenever you want

So it goes on a crystal clear morning in dockland
And heaven knows if i'll ever live to love again
Struck down by the kiss of an angel in limbo
Laid low by the act of the going

But in the wink of an eye i am rising above the affliction
In the wink of an eye i am come back in from the cold
I didn't even have to try and i'm gone out of here without notice
Gone out of dockland without a care in the world
I'm gone out of dockland without a care in world

I remember when we were sweethearts
I was safe with you, you were my protector
Those days are over, now i need someone
Someone to keep me safe from you

Love was all we had, we were young and sure
Who'd expect their love would turn to war
I don't know who to pity more
How much pain can love endure?

I should leave you but i can't seem to
You say i'm sorry dear and i believe you
Though the next time may be the worst yet
How easily i forgive, how quickly you forget

The poison words, the ugliness
When low on hope and deep into debt
The promises that bring regret
For loving you is this all i get?

The poison words, the ugliness
The cold remains of married bliss
To all our dreams a fatal kiss
Oh what kind of love is this?

I looked into a mirror made of lines
With tiny symbols here and there to make the image mine
A woman stood and painted, and showed me what to find
The different parts, the fire, the air,
And where my life would climb:
And where it joins another, and what would always bind:

Chorus:

It's a golden thread to hold you all of my days,
Hold my head against you, now and for always,
Sewn me up, shown us a long, long time;
Makes you my life, makes you my life.

The moving finger writes and goes away;
I'm weighed upon a balance here
And i'm told that i can stay
The kettle heats, the water speaks up, says i'm not alone;
My whole life is a tapestry, and hanging in my home.
And here it joins another, by what will always bind:

Chorus

An when you looked your angel flew away
And what it meant was your protection's gone another day
And what has come to change you,
And have you come what may
Is fashioned by an old triangle, green as april haze,
And blue is just a colour, but blue is here to stay.

Chorus (2)

They sent you down a paper friend i hear
And you went back on all the vows you once held so dear
There you stretched so calm and quiet
And things looked good now don't deny it
You walked on air for fifteen minutes
And after that there was nothing in it
You don't need those paper friends at all
No you don't need those kind of friends

You say you've lost your sense of time again
Well you've been using that excuse since who knows when
You went the way of all young rebels
Ignore the gods embrace the devils
But they're no good for you in your state
So why not drive them right out of your gates

Farewell my lovely johnny,
A thousand times adieu
You are going away from the holy ground
And the ones that love you true
You will sail the salt seas over
And then return for sure
To see again the ones you love
And the holy ground once more

You're on the salt sea sailing
And i am safe behind
Fond letters i will write to you
The secrets of my mind
And the secrets of my mind, my love
You're the one that i adore
Still i live in hopes you'll see
The holy ground once more

I see the storm a risin'
And it's coming quick and soon
And the night's so dark and cloudy
You can scarcely see the moon
And the secrets of my mind, my love
You're the one that i adore
And still i live in hopes you'll see
The holy ground once more

But now the storms are over
And you are safe and well
We will go into a public house
And we'll sit and drink our fill
We will drink strong ale and porter
And we'll make the rafters roar
And when our money it is all spent
You'll go to sea once more
You're the one that i adore
And still i live in hopes that you'll see
The holy ground once more