Carl Barât

My love your heart beats like a magus Only a beat like that could save us And I do mean save us all The eyes of many are upon us And assassins move among us So be wary on your way Because men can be animals Cut-throats and jagged wolves Keep your wit

What I chose was to sin I suppose But it was in an age of piracy It was your neck or your lips I forget Or the worlds in your eyes that set me free 39 Steps to re-have and regret And I'm found in the place I want to be Stand on the shore and let slip

As you lie on your own Remember this, you're not alone There's a song that will bring me to your side. And when you want for me Picture leaves in the breeze And the tears that I'll no longer cry And you know I've loved you so And I will 'til the end

Somewhere in the North amid the drunken hunting ground Upon a sticky nightclub floor, a wilting rose I found I snatched her from the clutches of an evil smelling bore I said, "I think it's over now", she said "I'm not so sure" We quick

We met when hope was oh so young I took you from that drunken bum And held you like some father And we both mourned for each other Oh yes we were so full of hope then that you see You'd be a dancer, and a singer me You danced your dance and my sweet