The Hand That Held Me Down-Two Gallants

[ti:The Hand That Held Me Down] [ar:Two Gallants] [al:Two Gallants] [by:] [offset:0] [00:00.00]The Hand That Held Me Down - Two Gallants [01:00.23]Oh the razor in your apple the affection of your glove [01:06.06] [01:07.37]The prison of your company the snake oil of your love [01:13.27] [01:14.42]The heights to which you drag me just to hurl your scorn [01:20.72] [01:22.09]The trumpets play the livelong day but they blow so forlorn [01:27.86] [01:32.07]Did you hold the hand that held me down [01:36.81] [01:39.17]Did you laugh at my expense [01:42.28] [01:45.97]When there's rust upon your ragged crown [01:51.24] [01:53.33]Who will stand at your defense [01:56.66] [01:59.18]And when I unveiled my weakness on your rodeo of tears [02:05.57] [02:06.43]You stood there so vacantly your fingers in your ears [02:12.31] [02:13.25]And you left by the morning with all that's left to steal [02:19.18] [02:20.74]But every time you say farewell there's breadcrumbs at your heels [02:27.01] [02:30.13]Did you kiss the hand that held me down [02:35.32] [02:37.48]Was your kindness just pretense [02:40.65] [02:44.29]When there's no one left for you to clown [02:49.61] [02:51.34]Who will stand at your defense [02:55.03] [03:25.75]But it's ashes Lord it's ashes soon we all fall down [03:32.62]You take your place among the saints make not a single sound [03:38.79] [03:39.54]And hills that held our childhood [03:42.48] [03:43.23]The flowers grow there still [03:45.75] [03:47.13]You lay beneath them pushing weeds [03:49.85]And I guess you always will [03:52.62] [03:56.82]Could you be the hand that held me down [04:01.41] [04:03.45]When I was sick with common sense [04:07.09] [04:10.42]And now your statuettes are all torn down [04:15.69] [04:17.36]There's no one left you to lean against [04:21.35] [04:23.32]And ever sence you epitaph was spattered on my wall [04:29.60] [04:30.45]No one comes to call [04:32.77]They can't stand the stench [04:37.45]But I still sing your praises every time the curtain calls [04:43.71] [04:44.39]The burden on me falls [04:47.33]Yeah I alone stand at your defense