Avett Brothers (The) - The Lowering (A Sad Day In Greenvilletown) lyrics

You hold my head, I cannot hurt

You touch my heart, I cannot bleed

You touch my eyes and I can see

Caress my skin my sickness sleeps

My dreams are golden

My dreams are golden

She said, "The leper sleeps tonight"

She said

The greatest good for the greatest number

From the greatest evil comes though they slumber

The greatest triumph proves the greatest blunder

Greatness dies but will still hunger

She strokes and tumbles into my vein

She gently turns the tide of shame

Steal to the city with no name

The scent of darkness smothers pain

My dreams are golden

My dreams are golden

She said, "Your wound will heal tonight"

She said

The greatest good for the greatest number

From the greatest evil comes though they slumber

The greatest triumph proves the greatest blunder

Greatness dies but will still hunger