A Wolf in the Doorway Lyrics

ARCHERS

OH, I CAME IN ON BENDED KNEE/ IT WASN'T HARD TO FALL FOR ME/ YOU STOOD BENEATH A BURNING TREE/ AND TRIED TO RESCUE LEAVES/ FIGURED IT'S THE THINGS I'VE DONE/ SOMETHING ABOUT THE MAN THAT I'VE BECOME/ HEY, LOOK AT ALL THE HEARTS WE'VE WON/ THESE RESTLESS LITTLE THIEVES/ OH/ SHIVER THROUGH THE WORDS I'VE SAID/ THEY'RE WARMER THAN THE ONES THAT NEVER LEFT MY HEAD/ I'VE MADE AN OCEAN OF THIS BED/ AND NOW I BEG YOU'D STARVE TO ROW THROUGH IT/ YOU CAN LET YOUR ARROWS SING/ I'VE NEVER MET A MAN OF IRON SKIN/ BUT YOU KNOW, ARCHERS NEVER MADE GOOD KINGS/ FLY HEADFIRST INTO EVERYTHING/OH/ I SETTLE INTO HEART AND SOUL/ SELL THE ONLY THING THAT I COULD NEVER OWN/ WE FELL INTO THESE ARMS AND NOW/ WE'LL RISK OUR LIMBS TO FIND OUT WHO WE ARE/ I CAN TRY TO GET YOU CLOSER, BUT/ I KNOW YOU'D BREAK YOUR NECK JUST TO SEE THE STARS/ AND IF WE DON'T DARE TO HOLD IT/ THEN THIS RECKLESS, WANDERING LOVE WAS NEVER OURS/ OH, I CAME IN ON BENDED KNEE.

LANTERN

THE HEART BELIEVES IN SOMETHING MORE THAN WHAT'S BEEN SAID/ THE HEART'S A TWO-FACED FORTUNE TELLER/ IT STRANGLES HONESTY AND TIES IT TO A POST/ WHEN A SEAT UPON A BARSTOOL WOULD BE BETTER/ I DO NOT DARE TO RAISE MY HEAD OR MOVE MY LIMBS/ TO SEE THE VALLEY IN THIS STATE/ I FILL MY GLASS AND LET THE EVENING TAKE ITS SHAPE/ SPINNING KNIVES WITH LUCKLESS LOVERS TIME AND FATE/ YOU'RE SHINING STILL/ YOU'RE A LANTERN ON A HILL/ AND I WOULD BURN INTO THE GROUND/ TO TAKE YOU HOME/ LOUDER GROW THE WORDS THAT FALL FROM FORTUNE'S JAGGED LIPS/ THE ANCHOR AND THE DIVING BELL/ AND THOUGH I FEAR I MAY BE RUDDERLESS AT SEA/ AYE, AYE, I HAVE SEARCHED FOR GROUND/ IN DEEPER WELLS/ YOU'RE SHINING STILL/ YOU'RE A LANTERN ON A HILL/ AND I WOULD BURN INTO THE GROUND/ TO TAKE YOU HOME/ HOME, HOME/ TO TAKE YOU HOME, HOME, HOME/ YOU'RE SHINING STILL/ YOU'RE A LANTERN ON A HILL/ AND I WOULD BURN INTO THE GROUND/ TO TAKE YOU HOME/ THE HEART BELIEVES IN SOMETHING MORE THAN WHAT'S BEEN SAID/ THE HEART'S A TWO-FACED FORTUNE TELLER.

BULLET

"I WILL NOT LOSE, AND I WILL NOT FAIL"/ I WHISPER TO NO ONE AS ANOTHER SHIP SAILS/ I WAS MORE THAN CONVINCED, I'D CONVINCED YOU TO CHANGE/ SO I STOOD, AND I WAITED/ AND I DUG MY OWN GRAVE/ WHERE WILL YOU GO/ ALL THE PLACES I'VE BEEN, AND THE THINGS THAT I'VE SEEN/ SPREAD RUMORS ABOUT ME/ LIKE SOME OLD GOSSP QUEENS/ MY STORY FALLS SHORT OF MY HEROES AND GODS/ LEAST I KNOW WHO I AM/ AND I KNOW WHO I'M NOT/ WHERE WILL YOU GO/ ONLY YOU AND THE DEVIL KNOW/ I DON'T NEED NO SYMPATHY/ AND I DON'T NEED NO TIME/ I JUST WANT WHAT'S COMING FOR ME/ YEAH, WHAT'S MINE/ I'LL FOLD YOU ALL RIGHT INTO ME/ AND MAKE YOU UNDERSTAND/ I AM WHAT YOU WANTED, I'M A GODDAMN MAN/ YEAH, I'LL LEAVE THIS SO-CALLED, SO COLD HOME/ THE BURDEN OF ITS MEMORIES WEIGHS HEAVY ON MY BONES/ I DARE YOU ALL TO KEEP ME/ WITH THE THINGS I NEVER SAID/ I NEED THIS LIKE A BULLET TO THE HEAD/ YEAH, I NEED THIS LIKE A BULLET TO THE HEAD/ SO TELL ME WHERE WILL YOU GO/ ONLY YOU AND THE DEVIL KNOW.

SAINT MONICA

SHE STOOD LIKE A WOLF IN THE DOORWAY/ THE OTHERS LAID BARE ON THE GROUND/ AND NOW SHE MAKES HER BED/ OUT IN BROOKLYN INSTEAD/ AND I SLEEP WITH THE GODDAMN HOUNDS/ HER VOICE FOR A MOMENT OF LENIENCE/ AND HER WORDS FOR THE COIN IN YOUR JAR/ AND WHILE SHE PAYS HER DUES/ AS ANOTHER MAN'S MUSE/ I STILL CAN'T TELL MY HEAD FROM MY HEART/ I CANNOT KNOW ALL THAT I AM/ LEST I FORGET I'M A DECENT MAN/ NOW SHE DRINKS AND I SMOKE AS WE PLEASE TO/ WHILE THE OTHER MEN FALL TO THEIR KNEES/ AND A TRIFLING PART/ IN THE BACK OF MY HEART/ SAYS "IF EVER THAT COWARD IS ME"/ MAYBE IF I BEGGED SOME OLD SAINT FOR HER PATIENCE/ AND THEN SOLD IT TO PAY FOR HER TIME/ TIL I WAKE UP ONE DAY/ AND TO ALL MY DISMAY/ THAT OLD FACE IN THE COFFIN IS MINE/ I CANNOT KNOW ALL THAT I AM/ LEST I FORGET I'M A DECENT/ OH, I'M A DECENT MAN/ SHE STOOD LIKE A WOLF IN THE DOORWAY.

WILD WOMAN

LEFT THE HOMESTEAD AND POURED OUT INTO THE UNKNOWN/ YEAH, A WILD WOMAN'S HEART BEATS IN TUNE WITH MY OWN/ TRUTH IS A THIEF ON THE ROAD TO THE GALLOWS OF TIME/ BUT IF LIFE IS A GLIMPSE AT HIS DEATH/ I'VE BEEN LIVING A LIE/ STOOD ALONE AT THE GATE TO MY GOLDEN YEARS/ THOUGH I NEVER BELIEVED THAT YOU'RE GONE ONCE YOU LEAVE/ I LOST MY TEMPER/ YEAH, I LOST CONTROL/ SHE PAID ATTENTION/ AND I PAID THE GODDAMN TOLLS/ SHE'S A WILD WOMAN/ BURN TO MY TIMBER AND SHINE LIKE A PYRE IN THE DARK/ OH, A WILD WOMAN'S GONE AND MADE OFF WITH MY HEART/ SO I SET OUT TO HUNT FOR A PEACE ONLY I CAN DEFINE/ SHE CAN HAZARD A GUEST ON HER PATH/ BUT SHE CAN'T MAKE IT MINE/ SHE'S A WILD WOMAN/ BUILT AN ALTAR AND PRAYED TO WHAT'S HOLY IN ME/ ALL THE SIDES I LET NOBODY SEE/ SHE WAS SILENT, AND I SAILED ALONE THROUGH THE SUN/ OH, AND FOR ALL OF MY PLEADING/ SHE NEVER ONCE BEGGED TO BE WON/ SHE'S A WILD WOMAN.

OARS TO THE SEA

I AIN'T NO SHIPWRECKED FOOL/ HOWLING HIS SONGS FOR YOU/ I AIN'T NO LION'S ROAR/ BUT I AM YOUR MAN/ I BELLOWED MY HOLLOW TRUTH/ PALED IN THE WAKE OF YOU/ STOOD LIKE AN OPEN DOOR/ WILL YOU CARRY THIS WILD MAN'S HEART/ ROOTS IN AN ILL-FIT PLOT/ OARS TO THE SEA/ YOU BE, YOU BE, YOU BELONG TO ME/ CAUSE I AM YOUR MAN.

BURY ME SMILING

BURY ME SMILING/ NEXT TO MY DARLING/ BURY ME DEEP DOWN/ BURY ME LOW/ A HEART LIKE A WILD SEA/ NO MAN COULD OWN ME/ WON'T BE THE WORDS UPON MY STONE/ OH, I KNOW/ I STOOD IN SILENCE/ A MIND'S WORTH OF VIOLENCE/ STRUNG ME A SHORT ROPE/ ROUND MY NECK/ A LOVE LIKE AN OLD HOME/ BREATHES IN THESE DRY BONES/ IT'S AS EASY TO KNOW/ AS IT IS TO FORGET/ OH, I KNOW.

THE LONELINESS WALTZ

TOOTHLESS AND TIRED, MY SOUL FINDS THE DOOR/ TO BREATHE AND TO BE, NOTHING LESS, NOTHING MORE/ SAFE FROM DISASTER AND SPARED BY YOUR LOVE/ SETTLE DOWN NOW, I THINK THAT'S ENOUGH/ SETTLE DOWN NOW, THAT'S SURELY ENOUGH/ CLUNG TO ITS SLEEVE, THIS OLD HEART'S FIT TO CHOKE/ LEST YOU LIGHT UP MY DRINK, OR YOU FILL UP MY SMOKE/ ALL THE PARENTS AND THE POETS CAN CRY IN THEIR GRAVES/ FROM THE LACK OF THE LOVE YOU GAVE/ FROM THE LACK OF THE LOVE WE GAVE/ WE ARE FRIVOLOUS WITH OUR HEARTS/ WATCH THEM BEND TIL THEY BREAK, THEN WE PICK UP THE PARTS/ YEAH, WE GIVE, WE TAKE, WE SAVE AND CONDEMN/ AND WE LIVE, JUST TO LOVE AGAIN/ COMFORT REMINDS US OF HOW IT SHOULD FEEL/ WISTFULLY CHAINS US TO FICTIVE IDEALS/ AND IT SPURS US TO KEEP ALL OUR LOVE IN A JAR/ SAYS "I'M JUST KEEPING YOU FROM HARM/ I'M JUST TRYING TO KEEP YOU FROM HARM"/ SOMEDAY WE'LL SEE WE'VE GOT NOTHING TO LOSE/ WE'LL BE DANCING ON TABLES IN OUR SUNDAY SHOES/ AND YOU'LL KNOW THAT THESE WORDS, I WOULD NEVER BETRAY/ YOU'RE THE ROSE, I'M THE THORN, AND YOU'RE SAFE.

HERE I STAND

THE SMOKE FILLED MY LUNGS/ THE MORNING POURED IN CLEAN/ SISTER WHISKEY, FATHER TIME/ I STOOD TO TELL MY STORY/ AND HELD MY SWORD LIKE BARK HOLDS VINE/ HERE I STAND/ A BIRD IN HAND/ ONE FOOT IN SEA, AND ONE ON LAND/ AND I AM NOT AN HONEST MAN/ OH NO/ I'VE SAID IT BEFORE/ MY HANDS HAVE BEEN HOLDING THE DOOR/ I AM HEAVY OF HEART/ I AM NOT IN CONTROL/ LORD, FORGIVE ME, I'M BARGAINING FERVOR FOR STONE/ SINGING OH, NO/ SO I BEG MY DRUNKEN HEART TO TRAVEL FASTER/ I BEG MY DRUNKEN HEART TO OBEY/ I BEG MY DRUNKEN HEART TO TRAVEL FASTER/ SPURRING ON A HORSE TO CATCH THE TRAIN.

ANCHORS

LAY ME DOWN/ BARE MY SOUL AND BREATHE/ MAKE NO SOUND/ YOU'LL HEAR WHAT YOU BELIEVE/ I WILL SINK MY ANCHOR/ INTO ANY OF THE SEVEN SEAS/ JUST TO MAKE YOU PROUD OF ME/ I WILL SINK MY ANCHOR/ INTO ANY OF THE SEVEN SEAS/ JUST TO MAKE SURE THAT YOU'RE PROUD OF ME/ THIS NEST OF BONES/ REVEALS MY PARCHMENT HEART/ INKWELL EYES/ HAVE TRIED AND FAILED/ TO PULL IT ALL APART/ ALL ARISE FOR THE MAN WITH THE FIRE/ ALL ARISE FOR THE MAN WITH THE FIRE/ I WILL SINK MY ANCHOR/ INTO ANY OF THE SEVEN SEAS/ JUST TO MAKE YOU PROUD OF ME/ I WILL SINK MY ANCHOR/ INTO ANY OF THE SEVEN SEAS/ JUST TO MAKE SURE THAT YOU'RE PROUD OF ME.

OAK

BRAVE BOTTLES CROWD THE OCEAN FLOOR/ BOUND BY ROT, THE SCAPEGOATS OF THEIR SALESMEN ON THE SHORE/ OH, THE BASTARDS OF OUR NATURAL WAR/ THEY MAY HAVE LOST THIS TIME, BUT NO ONE'S KEEPING SCORE/ COURAGE STRAIGHTENS UP ITS CHIN/ BURNS THE MAPS AND RUNS WITH UPRAISED ARMS INTO THE WIND/ OH, AND FORTUNE TEARS IT LIMB FROM LIMB/ SAYS "THAT BED LOOKS WARM, BUT I'M NOT COMING IN"/ NOW CHARM STILL SPARS WITH MISBELIEF/ TIL TIME HAS RUNG ITS BELL AND CAPTAINED ONE ONTO ITS KNEES/ OH, MORE STUBBORN THAN AN OLD OAK TREE/ BUT WHEN SHE SMILES SHE SHOWS HER TEETH/ AND NOW HAVOC WREAKS ITSELF TO SLEEP/ PLUNDERS TACT AND PRIDE AND SINKS ITS ROOTS IN FAR TOO DEEP/ AND IN THIS DARKNESS ONLY HATE CAN SEE/ SO KEEP YOUR FIRES BURNING FOR ME/ THICK-SKINNED AND NEVER GROWING OLD/ DESIRE CRIES AND TRIES TO REASON WITH YOUR SOUL/ SAYING "I KNOW WHAT YOU NEED/ I COULD KEEP YOU COMPANY"/ GREED GRINS EAGERLY/ SAYS "IT'S GODDAMN EASY BEING ME."

WOLF

I WAS A POOR BOY/ YOU WERE A BRIGHT LIGHT/ I WAS A SINNER/ AND YOU WERE A SNAKE/ STOOD LIKE SOME OLD SOULS/ OH, WHEN OUR BONES BROKE/ SWALLOWED THE SICKNESS/ A FEVER, A FLAME/ DARLING YOU'RE WILD-EYED, EMPTY, AND TONGUE-TIED/ MAYBE YOU NEED ME OR MAYBE YOU DON'T/ PLAYING THE SLOW ROOMS/ HOWLING AT HALF MOONS/ IF YOU ARE A QUEEN/ THEN, HONEY, I AM A WOLF/ I SAID YOU ARE THE QUEEN, AND HONEY, I AM THE WOLF/ I AM THE WORST KIND/ I AM YOUR DARK SKY/ MAYBE I LOVE YOU OR MAYBE I DON'T/ YOU ARE THE SUNLIGHT/ YOU ARE MY FIRST LIE/ YOU ARE THE OCEAN/ AND I AM ALONE.