Hands Like Houses - A Fire on a Hill (Uncovered) lyrics
[Hands Like Houses - A Fire on a Hill Uncovered lyrics]
It starts with a spark
A breath and a moment of still
A flicker, a glow as the oxygen spills
Through a delta of spindles and stone
Kindled from nothing in a whisper of smoke
And there a gift ignites
A cursive thought takes flight
And there's a dancer twisting
In between the spines
Give her the breather's kiss
And watch her spirit lift
She'll take over the stage and
She'll own the night
Learning how to make a name
From the words we can't keep in
Learning how to strike a flame
And draw her fire from nothing
I don't know where to begin
To make these words take shape
How to nurture a flame
To raise it to a blaze
That on the clearest night
Can be seen forever
I don't know where to begin, or begin again
(Oh oh, oh oh, Oh oh, oh oh, oh oh oh oh)
(Oh oh, oh oh, Oh oh, oh oh, oh oh oh oh)
It's not enough
'Cause outside the night is still cold
The fog is collected on the sill
Feed the house to the fire
To let out the light
Consumed and inspired, burned magnesium white
Let it spill from the hearth
Take the curtains
The carpet to fuel the insatiable fire inside
We'll set fire to a hill
So intense that it will be
The brightest star on this side of the sky
Learning how to make a name
From the words we can't keep in
Learning how to strike a flame
And draw her fire from nothing
I don't know where to begin
To make these words take shape
How to nurture a flame
To raise it to a blaze
That on the clearest night
Can be seen forever
I don't know where to begin, or begin again
(Oh oh, oh oh, Oh oh, oh oh, oh oh oh oh)
(Oh oh, oh oh, Oh oh, oh oh, oh oh oh oh)
Ah ah ah ah ah
Ah ah
Ah ah oh oh oh
I don't know where to begin
To make these words take shape
How to nurture a flame
To raise it to a blaze
That on the clearest night
Can be seen forever
I don't know where to begin, or begin again
Ah (Oh oh, oh oh)
Ah ah ah ah (Oh oh, oh oh, oh oh oh oh)
Ah (Oh oh, oh oh)
(Oh oh, oh oh, oh oh oh oh)
Ah (Oh oh, oh oh)
Ah ah ah ah (Oh oh, oh oh, oh oh oh oh)
Oh oh oh (Oh oh, oh oh)
(Oh oh, oh oh, oh oh oh oh)
A breath and a moment of still
A flicker, a glow as the oxygen spills
Through a delta of spindles and stone
Kindled from nothing in a whisper of smoke
And there a gift ignites
A cursive thought takes flight
And there's a dancer twisting
In between the spines
Give her the breather's kiss
And watch her spirit lift
She'll take over the stage and
She'll own the night
Learning how to make a name
From the words we can't keep in
Learning how to strike a flame
And draw her fire from nothing
I don't know where to begin
To make these words take shape
How to nurture a flame
To raise it to a blaze
That on the clearest night
Can be seen forever
I don't know where to begin, or begin again
(Oh oh, oh oh, Oh oh, oh oh, oh oh oh oh)
(Oh oh, oh oh, Oh oh, oh oh, oh oh oh oh)
It's not enough
'Cause outside the night is still cold
The fog is collected on the sill
Feed the house to the fire
To let out the light
Consumed and inspired, burned magnesium white
Let it spill from the hearth
Take the curtains
The carpet to fuel the insatiable fire inside
We'll set fire to a hill
So intense that it will be
The brightest star on this side of the sky
Learning how to make a name
From the words we can't keep in
Learning how to strike a flame
And draw her fire from nothing
I don't know where to begin
To make these words take shape
How to nurture a flame
To raise it to a blaze
That on the clearest night
Can be seen forever
I don't know where to begin, or begin again
(Oh oh, oh oh, Oh oh, oh oh, oh oh oh oh)
(Oh oh, oh oh, Oh oh, oh oh, oh oh oh oh)
Ah ah ah ah ah
Ah ah
Ah ah oh oh oh
I don't know where to begin
To make these words take shape
How to nurture a flame
To raise it to a blaze
That on the clearest night
Can be seen forever
I don't know where to begin, or begin again
Ah (Oh oh, oh oh)
Ah ah ah ah (Oh oh, oh oh, oh oh oh oh)
Ah (Oh oh, oh oh)
(Oh oh, oh oh, oh oh oh oh)
Ah (Oh oh, oh oh)
Ah ah ah ah (Oh oh, oh oh, oh oh oh oh)
Oh oh oh (Oh oh, oh oh)
(Oh oh, oh oh, oh oh oh oh)