Sax Rohmer #1 [Mountain Goats cover]

from Given the Circumstances [EP] by Lolling Back

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lyrics

Fog lifts from the harbor
Dawn goes down today
An agent crests the shadows of a nearby alleyway

Piles of broken bricks
Signposts on the path
Every moment points towards the aftermath, yeah

Sailors straggle back
From their nights out on the town
Hopeless urchins from the city gather around

Spies from imperial China
Wash in with the tide
Every battle heads towards surrender on both sides

And I am coming home to you
with my own blood in my mouth
And I am coming home to you
if it's the last thing that I do

Bells ring in the tower
Wolves howl in the hills
Chalkmarks show up on a few high windowsills

And a rabbit gives up somewhere
So a dozen hawks descend
Every moment leads towards its own sad end, yeah

Ships loosed from their moorings
Capsize and then they're gone
Sailors with no captains watch a while and then move on

And an agent crests the shadows
And I head in her direction
All roads lead towards the same blocked intersection

I am coming home to you
with my own blood in my mouth
And I am coming home to you
if it's the last thing that I do

credits

from Given the Circumstances [EP], released September 9, 2013
Written by John Darnielle.

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