May the Living Be Dead (In Our Wake)

Yeah be gone, be gone
Tell me why no one's listenin'
Tell me why no one's listenin'
But the summer sun is melting now
Tell me why no one's listenin'

One cold winters night behind the clouds stars did hide

You mean more to me each every day
Was she sent down to me from the Heavens above?

Is there nothing at all left to say
In a world so unforgiving
So may the living be dead in our wake
Her breath pure as whiskey my heart fell in love
In a world so unforgiving
We've nothing left to lose but your wings and my frown
And I laugh as the tears watch the rain
As our hearts washed away to the sea

To the sound of our love singin' true
And I laugh as the tears watch the rain
Her hair like ripples they danced with the tide
With the leaves I'll soon be gone
When the emptiness shadows fall?
So may the living be dead in our wake
And the ghost of our souls thanking Christ we're alive
So tell me why no one's listenin'
So may the living be dead in our wake
Is there nothing at all left to say

Now the devil is courtin' a different tune
You mean more to me each every day

You mean more to me each every day
In a world so unforgiving
You mean more to me each every day
Where over the hills the valleys will ring
In a world so unforgiving
Is there nothing at all left to say

Or will howling gales like yesterdays be gone?
Now the devil is courtin' a different tune
By the beating from the storm?
Was she sent down from the Heavens above?

Till the mornin' came fresh with a new
Her breath pure as whiskey my heart fell in love
Our spirits they crackled with lovers first sight
Will you dance with me now Heavens child sang the clown?

Will you have the strength
Or will your aching heart be ripped apart
Is there nothing at all left to say