Laura Marling - The Captain and the Hourglass lyrics

You kicked the blow, now you've got to kick the guy

You sat alone under bellowing sky

If I feel God judging me

Then I fell into the water and now I'm free

My friends they don't really get me, think I'm the only one

Well, I sold my soul to Jesus and since then I've had no fun

Behind every tree is a cutting machine and a kite fallen from grace

Inside every man is a heart of sand, you can see it in his face

And he'll tick tick tick tick tick tick tick away

Another second lost with every fallen grain

And he'll tick tick tick tick tick tick tick away

Another second lost with every fallen grain

The wind and I we speak the same but he don't hear so well

If you gonna have to curse him, well, you're gonna have to yell

The sky and I we've had our fights but I'm coming 'round to rain

If the rain come out and I don't go out I don't ever have to speak again

I can tick tick tick tick tick tick tick away

Another second lost with every fallen grain

I can tick tick tick tick tick tick tick away

Another second lost with every fallen grain

The captain's got his boots on and he's heading out the door

Leaving his lady alone thinking, he don't love me no more

He's done with all his bullshit, he's going back to war

If heaven is as heaven does then this is hell for sure

And he'll tick tick tick tick tick tick tick away

Another second lost with every fallen grain

And he'll tick tick tick tick tick tick tick away

Another second lost with every fallen grain

You kicked the blow, now you've got to kick the guy

You sat alone, under bellowing sky

If I feel God judging me

Then I fell into the water and now I'm free