Sunlight in a Jar-The Lucksmiths

[ti:Sunlight In A Jar] [ar:The Lucksmiths] [al:Warmer Corners] [by:] [offset:0] [00:00.00]Sunlight in a Jar - The Lucksmiths [00:38.93]We've never been much chop [00:40.12]At all that sensual stuff [00:41.33]One of us always seems to stop [00:42.87]Before the other's had enough [00:44.63]Like a self-help manual [00:46.13]That's been written in Braille [00:47.26]It seems the more that we touch [00:48.83]The more we learn about our failings [00:50.57] [00:53.70]I'm struck speechless by the nape of your neck [00:56.05]But your requests and suggestions [00:57.77]Have a similar effect [00:59.28]A litany of prettiness and pettiness too [01:01.83]I reckon every second second [01:03.48]We come up with something new [01:05.14]I tried to write an opera for us [01:10.36]But I didn't get that far [01:14.93] [01:16.93]'Cause trying to sum you up in song [01:21.87]Is like catching sunlight in a jar [01:27.28] [01:42.64]Complex completely credible love [01:44.91]The kind that is made [01:46.05]Not handed to you from above [01:47.94]Is difficult to talk about and harder to write [01:50.72]Like the rhythm of a pulse [01:52.39]Or the contours of firelight [01:54.03]Overblown libretto and a sumptuous score [01:56.82]Could never contain the contradictions I adore [01:59.93]We can just be chaos and then something aligns [02:02.59]It's so hard to contain maintain it or define it [02:05.82] [02:08.80]I tried to write another chorus [02:13.81]But I didn't get that far [02:18.71] [02:20.60]'Cause trying to sum you up in song [02:25.88]Is like catching sunlight in a jar [02:30.66] [02:50.94]It's like catching sunlight in a jar [02:56.08] [02:58.13]Sunlight in a jar [03:02.04] [03:03.15]Like catching sunlight in a jar