12 Harps-Scott Matthews

[ti:12 Harps] [ar:Scott Matthews] [al:Elsewhere] [by:] [offset:0] [00:00.00]12 Harps - Scott Matthews [00:16.91]His clothes hang tired [00:18.97]On his lonely awkward frame [00:24.51] [00:26.30]They protect his bones [00:28.88]Like the folds of a bats wing cape [00:34.85] [00:35.91]He talks to the wind [00:38.37]His breath spelling something [00:41.28]She draws near [00:45.15] [00:45.91]But the words hit the floor [00:48.21]And the one he adored never hears [00:52.93] [00:55.85]As twelve harps play and time breaks the waves [01:04.59]She never hears [01:12.56] [01:15.62]Faceless among all the tears [01:18.92]That reflect from her stone [01:22.94] [01:24.87]As the crowd turns away he is left there [01:28.71]To grieve on his own [01:33.23] [01:34.65]Leaving his heart on a harp [01:38.04]That he placed on her grave [01:42.08] [01:44.20]He relied on the wind [01:46.59]But he knew she could never be saved [01:51.78] [01:54.03]As twelve harps play and time breaks the waves [02:02.97]Faintly she hears [02:07.97] [02:13.95]You were the jewel [02:15.94]That I failed to unearth while I breathed [02:21.45] [02:23.84]Deaf to the chimes [02:25.68]And blind to your eyes guiding me [02:32.52] [02:33.45]Secretly watching you gave me your hand [02:37.95]I was safe in your care [02:41.75] [02:42.56]I could have danced in the ball of your eyes [02:46.06]If I'd known you were there [02:50.00] [02:52.57]As twelve harps play and time carries their waves [03:01.34]All through the years at last she can hear now [03:10.81]Clouds full of melodies [03:15.83]Banish those memories [03:19.65] [03:20.62]It's all they'll ever need [03:25.27]They'll whisper through empty streets [03:30.08]And wild weathervanes [03:34.46] [03:35.00]In the wind and the rain [03:39.31] [03:39.86]Wind and the rain