Master

Master don't sleep anymore Little shade on the broken floor Thread of dark on his ragged heart Where I held him before Once he was king of the thieves Killer's smile and a rose in his teeth And Mamma No vision governed me Now in his eyes I see no pain Little hope was left and when that sickness came In the road with a trembling frame Was a shape I had known And it was foolish to pray but I undressed by the light of his phone And I knelt in the dust And confessed that I could not go on Oh! There's a woman in the road She's lost like a leper in a street off Saville Row Oh! There are voices in my home What they said I just don't know Lowered eyes and hands I long to hold Oh lord the shadow he made Sick heart formed in a figure of hate And all that I knew was that heavenly weight Laying low in the dark He bared his throat by the river plains Told me those were not stars those were lights from the cranes But I wished on them all the same And bled into his arms And leaning in close, He said I love you the most but I've still gotta go And mamma I done fell in love With a dead boy I know Oh! There's a woman in the road She's lost like a leper in a street off Saville Row Oh! There are voices in my home What they said I just don't know Lowered eyes and hands I long now to hold So come now to speak his name And see this life is a violent game Telling me all of the reasons she came back for you For I will rise up like the sea I will rise up like the sea Still I recall you were talking so brave and so true Just like you used to