Will Butler - Promised lyrics
[Will Butler - Promised lyrics]
The ghostly possibilities you could
Conjure with your hands
The rest of us could tell you were inspired
Though sometimes it seemed a little planned
I loved to watch you sleeping
In the morning light
Before you set your face
Before the others - even me -
Before we crowded in
And you were free a little
From time and space
But, you promised me, you promised me
That you wouldn't run and hide
And in the evenings sometimes
When I'm sad and half asleep
I wonder if you should have tried
Gonna go and have a sit down
With the sit down types
When I crawl out of my bed
When I'm done lying to all the liars
Gonna go and lie back down
Put the cardboard crown back on my head
If I close my eyes while walking
Will you come and take my hand?
I remember how it feels
I could stand so very still
Every crowded corner crossing every avenue
There's a chance, there's a chance
There's a chance
But, you promised me, you promised me
That you wouldn't run and hide
And in the evenings sometimes
When I'm sad and half asleep
I wonder if you should have tried
But, you promised me, you promised me
That you wouldn't run and hide
But in the mornings
When I'm cold and wish I was asleep
I wonder if you weren't right
I know that for you the world
Was painful like a fire
I'm waiting - not with patience, nor desire
But soft despair - pale and cold
And knowing that I knew you were a liar
But, you promised me, you promised me
That you wouldn't run and hide
And in the evenings sometimes
When I'm sad and half asleep
I wonder if you should have tried
But, you promised me, you promised me
That you wouldn't run and hide
But in the mornings
When I'm cold and wish I was asleep
I wonder if you weren't right
Whatever words
Whatever words I thought you promised me
Let me cast them from my mind
I can stand before the stillness of reality
Just gotta give it time gotta give it time
Gotta give it time
Conjure with your hands
The rest of us could tell you were inspired
Though sometimes it seemed a little planned
I loved to watch you sleeping
In the morning light
Before you set your face
Before the others - even me -
Before we crowded in
And you were free a little
From time and space
But, you promised me, you promised me
That you wouldn't run and hide
And in the evenings sometimes
When I'm sad and half asleep
I wonder if you should have tried
Gonna go and have a sit down
With the sit down types
When I crawl out of my bed
When I'm done lying to all the liars
Gonna go and lie back down
Put the cardboard crown back on my head
If I close my eyes while walking
Will you come and take my hand?
I remember how it feels
I could stand so very still
Every crowded corner crossing every avenue
There's a chance, there's a chance
There's a chance
But, you promised me, you promised me
That you wouldn't run and hide
And in the evenings sometimes
When I'm sad and half asleep
I wonder if you should have tried
But, you promised me, you promised me
That you wouldn't run and hide
But in the mornings
When I'm cold and wish I was asleep
I wonder if you weren't right
I know that for you the world
Was painful like a fire
I'm waiting - not with patience, nor desire
But soft despair - pale and cold
And knowing that I knew you were a liar
But, you promised me, you promised me
That you wouldn't run and hide
And in the evenings sometimes
When I'm sad and half asleep
I wonder if you should have tried
But, you promised me, you promised me
That you wouldn't run and hide
But in the mornings
When I'm cold and wish I was asleep
I wonder if you weren't right
Whatever words
Whatever words I thought you promised me
Let me cast them from my mind
I can stand before the stillness of reality
Just gotta give it time gotta give it time
Gotta give it time