Patrick Wolf - Blackdown lyrics

rate me

And I walked west Sussex sunlight

Up by dead man's pool

Where ma, mudlark and Lewes

Stared me down "you drunken fool"

Old teenage debts engulfed my chest

As I contemplate death

I put a challenge to its glamours

And all its loss and glory

Late afternoon breath

Taken deep into my luings

Thinking of the man I must become

My story has just begun

And I will be returning

To myself soon

I've been alone

For so many of

The great moments

in my life

Alone like too many

But at this moment in my life

I ask you

Father, father, anyway

I can help ye?

See I am only just growing

Much better to know thee

Thank you for the things

You've given to our family

Given your whole life

To your wife and my sister

And me

Now I look out north of Battle

Where our ancestors lie in grave

West to Brede where the blacksmith

Put root to our name

I get proud of my birthright

Think of those things

That I must leave

When I leave behind

The city

And the living

Finally...

Desire

Desire

Desire...

Desire, desire

Deep down inside of me

You are not the maker

Nor the master of me

Help me to better

Support my family

And better, better

Of a brother be

Desire, desire

Deep down inside of me

You are not the wrecker

Nor the ruler of me

Desire, desire deep

Down in me...

Yes I've been alone

For too many of

These great moments in my life

Alone like too many

But desire, desire, desire

You

are

not

the

maker

of

me