Changing of the Guards-The Gaslight Anthem

[ti:Changing of the Guards] [ar:The Gaslight Anthem] [al:Chimes of Freedom: The Songs of Bob Dylan Honoring 50 Years of Amnesty International] [by:] [offset:0] [00:00.36]Sixteen years [00:02.17] [00:03.62]Sixteen banners united over the field [00:08.31] [00:10.57]Where the good shepherd grieves [00:13.43] [00:13.94]Desperate men desperate women divided [00:20.86]Spreading their wings [00:21.93] [00:24.00]Neath the falling leaves [00:27.56]Fortune calls [00:28.89] [00:30.93]I stepped forth from the shadows [00:34.41]To the marketplace [00:35.76] [00:38.04]Merchants and thieves [00:39.96]Hungry for power [00:41.44]My last deal gone down [00:43.08] [00:44.90]And she's smelling sweet like [00:47.75]The meadows where she was born [00:50.09] [00:52.01]On a midsummer's eve near the tower [00:55.35] [01:10.11]And the cold blooded moon [01:12.49] [01:13.33]The captain waits above the celebration [01:17.06] [01:17.58]Sending his thoughts [01:18.93] [01:20.96]To a beloved maid [01:24.66]Whose ebony face is [01:26.21] [01:28.74]Beyond communication [01:31.92]The captain is down but still [01:34.96]Believing that his love will be repaid [01:39.06]And they shaved her head [01:40.65] [01:42.22]She was torn between [01:44.20]Jupiter and Apollo [01:45.84] [01:46.40]A messenger arrived [01:48.14] [01:50.14]With a black nightingale [01:53.55]And I seen her on the stairs [01:55.36] [01:57.33]Oh and I couldn't help but follow [02:01.03]Follow her down past the [02:03.75]Fountain where they lifted her veil [02:07.93] [02:22.88]I stumbled to my feet [02:24.72] [02:26.05]I rode past destruction in the ditches [02:30.46]With the stitches still mending [02:33.41] [02:34.19]Neath her heart shaped tattoo [02:36.80] [02:37.43]And Renegade priests and [02:42.62]Treacherous young witches [02:44.74] [02:45.55]Were handing out the [02:47.50]Flowers that I'd given to you [02:52.07]And the palace of mirrors [02:54.05] [02:55.65]Where dog soldiers are reflected [02:58.98]The endless road and the [03:03.65]Wailing of chimes [03:06.59]The empty rooms where [03:10.60]Her memory is protected [03:13.47] [03:13.98]Where the angels voices [03:16.49]Whisper to the souls of previous times [03:20.68] [03:49.78]And she wakes him up [03:50.88] [03:53.08]Forty eight hours later [03:55.54]The sun is breaking [03:57.17]Near broken chains mountain [04:01.55]Laurel and rolling rocks [04:04.23]She's begging to know what [04:08.72]Measures he now will be taking [04:11.14] [04:11.68]He's pulling her down and she's [04:14.34]Clutching on to his long golden locks [04:18.31] [04:18.89]Gentlemen he said [04:20.22] [04:22.36]I don't need your organization [04:24.92] [04:25.84]I've shined your shoes [04:27.93] [04:29.44]I've moved your mountains [04:31.13]And marked your cards [04:32.48] [04:33.00]But Eden is burning either [04:36.80]Get ready for elimination [04:40.64]Or else your hearts must have the [04:42.89]Courage for the changing of the guards [04:47.28] [04:48.08]Changing of the Guards - The Gaslight Anthem