From the recordings Thousand Yard Stare and Tinder Sticks
Credits
Conor Miley: Vocals, acoustic guitars, effects, synths, organs, percussion.
Additional Musicians:
Niall Honohan: Drums.
Lyrics and music by Conor Miley,
Arranged and produced by Conor Miley
Recorded in various houses and mobile homes around Dublin and Kerry
Except
Drums, recorded by Christian Best in Monique Studios.
Mixed by Christian Best.
Mastered by Stephen Ceresia at Stoneyfield Mastering.
Artwork by Enagh Farrell.
Lyrics
Oh, I'm waiting as she endlessly gets dressed,
She'll carefully collect the tinder in neat stacks.
And Oh, this time is different to the last,
Some cruel deity miscast this strange fool as her beloved moons ago,
I think I'm out of time,
As the strained tune of flamed kindling serenades this grateful home.
But this time the fire will burn,
And keep her warm 'til I return again.
Oh darling,
I was a shivering bag of bones,
'Til she fixed the twigs and coals,
And rid me of the cold.
Oh lover,
I watch the embers glow,
Then take her to the show to see the nervous clown frozen as a lake,
I think it's parody,
And the old reel keeps turning in a coiled, repeated state.
But this time the fire will burn,
And keep her warm 'til I return again.
Oh darling,
I kissed her generous lips,
We sliced the tinder sticks and fed the hearth with flint.