12 Harps (Live at Shepherd's Bush Empire 2009)-Scott Matthews

[ti:12 Harps (Live at Shepherd's Bush Empire 2009)] [ar:Scott Matthews] [al:Live in London] [by:] [offset:0] [00:00.00]12 Harps (Live at Shepherd's Bush Empire 2009) - Scott Matthews [00:27.56]His clothes hang tired [00:30.09]On his lonely awkward frame [00:36.44] [00:37.98]They protect his bones [00:40.42]Like the folds of a bats wing cape [00:44.95] [00:48.38]He talks to the wind [00:50.67]His breath spelling something [00:53.75]She draws near [00:57.16] [00:58.98]The words hit the floor [01:00.82]And the one he adored never hears [01:05.38] [01:08.92]As twelve harps play and time carries the waves [01:17.28]She never hears [01:24.98] [01:31.14]Faceless among all the tears [01:34.39]That reflect from her stone [01:39.51] [01:40.90]As the crowd turns away he is left there [01:45.02]To grieve on his own [01:50.28] [01:51.57]Leaving his heart on a harp [01:55.06]That he placed on her grave [02:00.08] [02:01.56]He relied on the wind [02:03.91]But he knew she could never be saved [02:08.38] [02:11.60]As twelve harps play and time carries the waves [02:19.92]She never hears [02:26.61] [02:33.83]You were the jewel [02:36.19]That I failed to unearth while I breathed [02:40.92] [02:43.93]Deaf to the chimes [02:46.26]And blind to your eyes guiding me [02:53.41] [02:54.19]Secretly watching you gave me your hand [02:59.12]I was safe in your care [03:03.21] [03:04.55]I could have danced in the ball of your eyes [03:08.16]If I'd known you were there [03:11.00] [03:14.43]As twelve harps play and time carries their waves [03:22.40]All through the years at last she can hear now [03:31.66]Clouds full of melodies [03:36.19]Banish those memories [03:40.36] [03:42.95]It's all they'll ever need [03:47.12]They'll whisper through empty streets [03:52.08]And wild weathervanes [03:56.97]In the wind and the rain [03:59.01] [04:01.58]Wind and the rain