Today we sleep in late
The day reveals its face
Where are we now?
A lifetime on the run
From the world to come
And now it's bearing down
December's coming fast
At least, if not at last
You were on my mind
The secret silver kept
The records you collect
The things we leave behind
It comes around
And love will tear you down
And didn't I?
A dove burst into flame
I'll never know its name
It will know mine
You there in your white dress
A love as stern as death
Has been on my mind
No fickle fleeting thing
No hazy summer fling
Give me everything
And whatever song I sing
With this broken battered thing
Won't make sense at all
It comes around
And love will tear you down
And didn't I?
