Cold Is the Night - The Oh Hellos

I saw you standing in the corner On the edge of a burning light I saw you standing in the corner Come to me again in the cold, cold night In the cold, cold night You make me feel a little older Like a full grown woman might But when you're gone I grow colder Come to me again in the cold, cold night In the cold, cold night I hear you walking by my front door I hear the creaking of the kitchen floor I don't care what other people say I'm going to love you, anyway Come to me again in the cold, cold night In the cold, cold night I can't stand it any longer I need the fuel to make my fire burn bright So don't fight it any longer Come to me again in the cold, cold night In the cold, cold night And I know that you feel it too When my skin turns into glue You will know that it's warm inside And you'll come run to me In the cold, cold night In the cold, cold night In the cold, cold night In the cold, cold night

There's no use in cutting me loose yet I beg you, don't leave me behind Some faces you must forget But baby, please not mine On a cold night Feel like I'm out of my own skin or maybe just my mind A skeleton, some bones with nothing left inside On a cold night (don't lock me out, I'm not dressed for it) (I know you got more love, just a little more) Made you stop the car, got out while it was running Followed me down the block, still didn't see it coming Used to only fight like this if I knew I'd win If time heals the wounds you tend to, then right now, what's left? On a cold night Sometimes you draw back the curtains to let in just enough light Feel it on my face and I forget I'm frightened Then you give me nothing, lose all emotion, forget the past I leave a track of tears behind me, stepping out on broken glass Sometimes you draw back the curtains to let in just enough light (on a cold-) Feel it on my face and I forget I'm frightened Then you give me nothing, lose all emotion, forget the past (on a cold-) I leave a track of tears behind me, stepping out on broken glass

Hear on the wind, how the pendulum swings Feel how the winter succumbs to the spring Over the palisade, morning will break Rise up to meet it, O sleeper, awake Gather the soldiers, the heir to enfold Crown him and give him a sceptre to hold Sound every horn as the columns extend Up to the hill, where the king will ascend Look to the sky, where the sign will be shown Heaven and earth and the king on his throne Look to the sky, where the sign will be shown

Climbing trees, like we did when we were children Scaling walls, the walls that took us years to build Climbing trees, haven't much since we were children Shaking limbs tend to end up bent and broken Safe inside the walls we built, we found ourselves a home Higher branches, harder fall Hesitation stops us all Higher branches, harder fall Hesitation stops us all Higher branches, harder fall Hesitation stops us all Higher branches, harder fall Hesitation stops us all Girl, you've never loved Climbing trees, haven't much since we were children Shaking limbs tend to end up bent and broken But heartache pales in comparison to love

Well, he said to me, "Child, I'm afraid for your soul These things that you're after, they can't be controlled And this beast that you're after will eat you alive And spit out your bones" She'll string you along, she'll sell you a lie There's nothing but pain on the edge of a knife There is no courage in flirting with fear to prove you're alive I've seen the true fates of the things you call life The song and the siren that holds your desire Death, she is cunning and clever as hell And she'll eat you alive She'll eat you alive