WHITE WILLOW LYRICS

1. Night Surf

black rain falls heavy on the ground dark water shadows crowd the sky and the raven flies as the light slowly dies but the lighthouse still stands where the earth meets the sky

and as the ships pass lit up with lanterns they fade in the distance like embers that die and in their wake trails the silence of absence that slowly will swallow the earth

follow me we will sink or swim dark water swallows everything sink with me to the ocean's floor please let me open up the door and the raven flies as the light slowly dies but the lighthouse still stands where the earth meets the sky

2. Splinters

Evie with her dark refrain contemplates the fall pictures on a faded page all that went before

distances and destinies separate us all seasons of forgetfulness wipe away our soul

and when the morning comes will you know what came to pass and when the morning comes how can you recall shards of a broken glass pieces scattered on the floor sharp pain reminds you of the sweetness of the wine

now the day is growing old shadows all around engine revs and taillights fade swallowed by the night

she is left without a clue visions fade in shades of blue whispers of a dying day evie turns and walks away

there are splinters scattered on the floor and inside her soul forever more and outside the trees are stripped and bare and the darkness gathers everywhere

3. Ghosts

[Instrumental]

4. Joyride

turn the brights up it's too dark to see the curves that lie ahead this is not a good idea

but i like it cause the roads are clear and no-one's out tonight we are all alone

driving through this wasteland atmospheric fluctuations change conditions nothing here is ever what it seems and the weather's getting strange

oh turn it up they're playing that song the signal is strong

oh tune it out the noise of the day is fading away

voices far or near whispers on the air spellbound by the dashboard lights

drive on, don't slow down we are westwards bound nowhere else that's left to go

can you feel it there is something here that makes the world recede sound and vision breaking up in a frequency drift

first the silence then the music of the night then you realize the beauty that the noise has blotted out

driving through this wasteland atmospheric fluctuations change conditions and reception here is crystal clear up the signal down the noise

oh turn it up that music they play is making you sway

oh keep it up you know we could stay for just one more day

5. The Lingering

I feel your kiss on my warm lips I taste your lips on my tongue I touch your trembling hand I see the tear in your eye

the world lights up when you're near me the night comes down when you're gone a chill descends on my heart the thrilll of loving is gone

oh the smell of your passion like roses of blood haunts me, set me free the shattering pain of your absence remains with me let me be oh the smell of your passion like roses of blood haunts me, set me free the shattering pain of your absence remains with me let me be in your memory

kiss me lightly hold me tightly love me sweetly and completely

and every word that I whispered and every caress you gave the radiant light of your face the cryptic curve of your smile

oh every moment still lingers hard as I try to move on but truth cannot be undone my battle will never be won

oh the sun that drowned in a shimmering, burning sea set me free the tingling flesh of a body that yearns, I plea let me be oh the smell of your passion like roses of blood haunts me, set me free the shattering pain of your absence remains with me let me be in memory

6. The Dark Road

burn all the bridges let me feel the wind will you save my soul tonight follow the ashes no-one ever will can I hear you sing tonight

autumn is coming evenings growing cold and we still have far to go far goes the memory further than the road and the fields that lie beyond

and every word I have said, I have sung every fragment of meaning has gone but I turn around to the dust left behind where the threads of the rhyme come undone

you came a-knocking stranger at my door will you be my friend tonight turned down the lights and said my last goodbye and I left my house behind

and though the sky it was dark it was cold and the wind tore the rags off my back you came along and your cloak it was shelter for two who were lost in the storm

7. Chrome Dawn

[Instrumental]

8. Dusk City

dusk city where the light is wearing thin dull fire in an auburn sky

one fire casts a shadow where I stand one hour till my world falls down

nothing stands in my way nothing stands in my way to ruin but the city remains and the ghosts of the lost and lonely

silent strangers, wraiths of the neon glow souls so dim and pale I am drawn to where I can fade away here at twilight's end

dusk city where the river has no name where hours pass like centuries

rust lingers as it swallows up the day one fire it will burn you down

I won't stand in your way I won't stand in your way to ruin let me lead you astray follow me to the lost and lonely

silent strangers, wraiths of the neon glow souls so dim and pale I am drawn to where I can fade away here at twilight's end

snow of ashes, leaves of a shredded sun memories washed away no regrets now, never a safe return to what might have been

9. Ararat

[Instrumental]






WHITE WILLOW LYRICS