James Vincent McMorrow – This old dark machine
Capo 3
Spring it came upon us, every insect filled the air
dropped their wings upon my brother, cast their shadows on his hair
If we follow where they're leading, we will surely come before
some unseen and wondrous magic made of visions to explore
Near the town where we were living was an old abandoned farm
every year we'd plant an orchid in the shelter of it's arm
to protect us from the madness of the future still to come
it will be like this forever I will keep you safe from harm
Oohoo Ohhoo Ohooo ohhooo
Then they caught us in the summer dressed in fathers finest clothes
you the hat he wore to market I the jacket filled with holes
I've been searching all these hours for a hand as pale as bone
that would keep the strongest sunlight and reflect the brightest stone
Near the town where we were living was a warm and fragrant smell
of the orchid we had planted. Now a forest tall and well
what a statue to our greatness. What a story all will tell
they'll remember us forever. They'll remember where we fell
Oohoo Ohhoo Ohooo ohhooo
This old dark machine, it shakes and it shudders pulls to the left,
Then dies near the gutter but still in the road, the traffic is silent
the people they stare, and then they turn violent if they should touch,
The hem of your dress. I would rise like a lion, strike out again
the faithful they wait, the faithful they wait for the sign
Near the town where we were living was a loud and joyous sound
as the earth and all her beauty picked us up from off the ground
carried far across the mountain to a kingdom never bound
we will live like this forever. I will love you. I will love you.
I will love Ohoohhooo
Oohoo Ohhoo Ohooo ohhooo 3x