Avalanche Patrol-Astronautalis

[ti:Avalanche Patrol] [ar:Astronautalis] [al:Pomegranate] [offset:0] [00:00.11]We've got a long way to go [00:04.00]Before we finish our patrol light burns off in the distance [00:12.22]No one dares make a sound scared we might wake the snow [00:23.88]Sleeping giants love to listen [00:28.39]And tethered together by lines of gold [00:36.36]Two of my brothers on patrol [00:40.15]Our breathing keeps us in rhythm [00:44.36]Well honey I know it's getting cold [00:52.23]Eye on the wool cape you have wove [00:56.24]I can smell your lavender and lipstick [01:01.06] [01:02.43]You would never ask me when I'm coming home [01:12.18]You know better than to wait and watch the snow [01:20.72]While the other wives and mothers pray and count their rosaries [01:27.68]Not my lover her lipstick lavender keeps her close to me [01:36.97]One two one two three four [01:41.73]Hold me close as the hour escapes [02:01.51]Sunlight running on the mountain's ravenous face [02:05.78]The moon came too soon and it'll stay out too late [02:09.56]And I can feel that goddamn bell before they ring it [02:13.60]Gold heats in your hair promptly at four pm [02:17.65]Then cool to amber as the sun sets again [02:21.21]The light through the blinds paints patterns on skin [02:25.28]Your head dovetails so nicely on my chest where you laid it [02:29.86]When I'm out in the shop faced to the forge [02:33.22]I think of you my love as I tend to the coals [02:37.37]Smiths with flames high in their eyes are all for show [02:41.76]Dreaming lying to themselves that they've bridled hades [02:45.44]A fire's that's good take patience control [02:49.19]Even bellow breathing this work is painfully slow [02:53.07]But you must hold on because you'll taste the reward [02:57.14]When that white iron draws out just like it was painted [03:01.35]I know you know this but I tell you this time [03:05.33]Because I need to say it out loud to feel right [03:09.20]You listen to me whisper it [03:12.02]My lips graze you ear with every line [03:13.79]And you memorize every word just as I say it [03:17.30]Press into me leave marks in my side [03:21.27]And I promise to pull you in until my knuckles go white [03:25.34]You're breathing with me now as the sun slips [03:28.43]Behind the mountain ridge to the west [03:31.46]And the day is finished