The Captain And The Hourglass - Laura Marling

You kicked the blow

Now you’ve got to kick the guy

You sat alone

Under bellowing sky

If I feel God

Judging me

I fell into the water

And now I’m free

My friends they don’t really get me

Think I’m the only one

Well I sold my soul to Jesus

And since then I’ve had no fun

Behind every tree is a cutting machine

And a kite fallen from grace

Inside every man is a heart of sand

You can see it in his face

And he’ll tick tick tick tick tick tick tick away

Another second lost with every fallen grain

And he’ll tick tick tick tick tick tick tick away

Another second lost with every fallen grain

The wind and I we speak the same

But he don’t hear so well

If you gonna have to curse him

Well you’re gonna have to yell

And the sky and I, we’ve had our fights

But I’m coming round to rain

If the rain come out and I don’t go out

I don’t ever have to speak again

I can tick tick tick tick tick tick tick away

Another second lost with every fallen grain

I can tick tick tick tick tick tick tick away

Another second lost with every fallen grain

The captain’s got his boots on and he’s heading out the door

Leaving his lady alone thinking 'He don’t love me no more.'

He’s done with all this bullshit, he’s going back to war

If heaven is as heaven does then this is hell for sure

And he’ll tick tick tick tick tick tick tick away

Another second lost with every fallen grain

And he’ll tick tick tick tick tick tick tick away

Another second lost with every fallen grain

You kicked the blow

Now you’ve got to kick the guy

You sat alone

Under bellowing sky

If I feel God

Judging me

I fell into the water

And now I’m free