New Pornographers - These Are The Fables lyrics

In coral and gray

In submarine chambers

One day

It swam for the light

The jewels that lit

The cities that float there

Cities in circles drawn perfect, complete

Holding the secrets on my street

My street, my street

So come in and play

The song of the siren

It's commonplace

You hear the voice rise

In one wave

And crash on your doorstep

Making the circle here perfect, complete

These are the fables on my street

Ten thousand dancing girls

Kicking cans 'cross the sky

No reason why

Why ask to pay yourself

For the call of the wild

You found this child

So raise him

And wind your back

Come back to the river

The currents speed by

And hope the men fear

The hammer comes down

So hard on the evening

Cracking the dawn of your

Days are repeat

These are fables on my street

My street, my street

Heaven shook Hell

And down from its pockets

The ring in your bell

It fell through your hands

Hang at your feet

The doors that won't open

Marking the journey of our friends complete

These are the fables of my street

My street

My street, my street

Lay down in glory, you're not alone

My street, my street

Lay down in glory, you're not alone