Lyrics Battle Cries - The Amazing Devil

Battle Cries

I’m at the brink, don’t laugh
At the winks I’ve masked
Who’ll save you when you fall?
The wrinkles and bricks that we’re left with at last
And that drink, will it fix all those questions unasked?
Who died and made you king of it all?
Who wins this war?
You’ve a knack
For applause from the back of the stalls, but you lack
The conviction to look at me straight and say yes
Now the wind feels so warm on the back of my neck
As we walk with the sun hand in hand from the wreck
Some fictions we took to mean fate, believe me, I know
Don’t be uncouth, be a man
Don’t lie with your eyes, you know I despise that look
You’re home, for God’s sake, I’m
Tell the truth to me, love, does my hair look as nice
As it did when it once tangled up in your eyes?
Look at me as you say this, don’t look at your phone
Done with your dreams, they won’t last
Thirty winters will pass, you’ll look back
At the woman 50-year-old you will be proud to have known
'Cause that sun that beams down as my hands touch the grass
After summers of fasting, I feel hunger at last
For the person 15-year-old me would be proud to have known
'Cause these plates, they smash like waves
(Place your smile in mine)
And the wine stains hide the tears
(Why stay? Hide the)
But that
Breathing you hear, don’t mistake it for sighs
Don’t you realise?
They’re just battle cries, dear
And these lines aren’t wrinkles, dearheart
(Hardly knew the words)
They’re just dollops of paint on a new work of art
(I'm dolled up, love, don’t I deserve to just)
And as I
Walk away, I know that I’ve been through the wars
But that creaking you hear in my bones is not pain, it’s applause
Come on, love, please don’t start
Sing your notes, play your part
Then we’ll leave, we were gods
With you, I could summon the gods and the stars
Watch them dance out the plays that we wrote from the heart
And we’d laugh at the ghosts of our fears, we were kids
«Come at me, you blaggards,» you’d yell
From the back of the gallery
Say goodbye, I am not
«Come at me, you blaggards,» you’d yell from the banks
Wielding words against make-believe wizards and tanks
And by God, love, believe me, I wanted to play too, I did
A drunkard, a daughter, a preacher, God knows how
You dragged us both into the darkness that grows
Oh, dear God
But we sunk into water no creature can know
You dragged us along to watch all of your shows
Our devils broke rank, and out of the depths came an army
I won’t leave without a fight
I won’t let you turn our last night into this
I’m going to binge watch a box set, drink wine, reminisce
This isn’t a break up, dearheart, it’s a season finale
'Cause these plates they smash like waves
(Place your smile in mine)
And the wine stains hide the tears
(Why stay? Hide the)
But that
Breathing you hear, don’t mistake it for sighs
Don’t you realise?
They’re just battle cries, dear
And these lines aren’t wrinkles, dear heart
(Hardly knew the words)
They’re just dollops of paint on a new work of art
(I'm dolled up, love, don’t I deserve to just)
And as I
Walk away, I know that I’ve been through the wars
But that creaking you hear in my bones is not pain, it’s applause
(It's not pain) It’s applause
(It's not pain) It’s applause
It’s applause
All it took to unearth in the dust and the dirt
Some release or respite from the heat and the hurt
Was taking the time now and then to ask how I am
And now at the end (At the end of all things)
I’m not going to scream, beat my chest at the wind
I’m doing fine