Neil Finn - Spirit Of The Stairs lyrics

You see the truth

And you cannot hide

You're so in tune

You feel it inside

Justice revenge

Tickle all over

Lily and sword

Damnation, reward

The spirit of the stairs

Everyone thinks but no one dares

Wishes made a sad lament

After he's gone

Ridicule or envy

Now you can't forget me

I'm fixed in your mind

Like a knot in the twine

To the dark and pouring rain

Into the trap she sets again

Hear my wooden footsteps on her train

Hear my wooden footsteps again

Tough outer shell

But so you can tell

She's soft underneath

Where you sink your teeth

Look sad, too bad, you're tongue tied

How many times a day you're too dumb or too shy

Two, three, four, five, count the stairs

Spirit hears what I should have said

And she knows why

After she's gone