May I Be the Light - Laura Marling

Far, far from the light Hear the night creatures call With a cold breath they howl All the hollow hours They're calling you I'll be there No matter what your going through In the dark I care I'm holding on, I'm hoping on It's still the same old me inside Back to the light Back to the streets that are paved with gold Back to the light, yeah Back to the land where the sunshine heals my soul Deep, deep in the night When the world fills with tears And the wind blows Colder and colder it grows And the fire dims with the same old fears I'll be there Though maybe you don't hear me, babe I still care No matter when and I still be there When you make it to the other side And I'm going back Back to the light Back to the streets that are paved with gold Back to the light Goin' back to the land Where the sunshine heals my soul On and on, searching for a clearer view Winning and losing an inner war Wonder what we do it for Though the road seems never ending Hold on to the hope I'm sending through Yeah No, no matter what your going through In the dark I care I'm holding on, believe it We'll be walking in the light 'Cause they'll be no place left to hide Back to the light Back to the streets that are paved with gold Back to the light Oh, I'm goin' back to land Where the sunshine heals my soul, hear me babe Yeah, yeah, yeah Back to the light Back to the light Back to the light Back to the light, yeah, yeah Babe, come with me Back to the light Yeah

Wow! Hey! You heard about Suzi from Baton Rouge? You have? Well Let me tell you about her! Yeh! Well little Suzi was raised at the Baton Rouge Suzi was fooled She was born to lose She could be seen keeping company wherever she went With those long haired blue eyed southern gents. She said I may be too young to fall in love But I'm still hangin' round She said I may be too young to fall in love But I'm still hangin' round. Just waiting for you I'm just awaitin' for you She said I'm waitin' for you You I'm just waitin' for you. Well You know what those Louisiana nights can do To a back street girl with southern blues Fifteen have passed and straight out of school She was hard to handle She was easy to fool They said go go go little Suzi Too old to scold and too young to choose Suzi was fooled Born to lose And that's how they talk about her down in Baton Rouge. She said I may be too young to fall in love . . .

What became of Alexandra Did she make it through? What kind of woman gets to love you? Wrote us all a little note Nothing left to lose What kind of woman gets to love you? I need to know Where did Alexandra go? Alexandra had no fear She lived out in the woods She'd tell you what you're doing wrong If she thinks she'll be understood Pulls her socks up to her knees Finds diamonds in the drain One more diamond to add to her chain I need to know Where does Alexandra go? Where did Alexandra go? It won't change how I'm feeling But you can try to help me understand If she loved you like a woman Did you feel like a man? I need to know Where did Alexandra go? Where did Alexandra go? You had to say, your shit to bed You could not bear the unsaid I had to try, a fuck to give Why should I die so you can live? What did Alexandra know? What did Alexandra know? What did Alexandra know?

Break the water Make a ripple once in a while Wake, it's morning we've been sleeping for a while Now forget what you're owed That your tired, time's getting on. So lay down your load You're fine I'm yours and you're mine You're fine I'm yours and you're mine. Hold tight stranger I sense danger that wont show Who holds the hand that holds the gun You might never know But when the note lingers Sending shivers down my spine I feel in my fingers That I'm one with something divine It's divine. I didn't drink a drop in weeks All the waiting's only made it sweet I tried not to freeze you before you thaw Tried not to burn you and wait some more When you ask what's coming you've already chosen When you know you're winning you're already losing It's divine Now forget what you're owed That you're tired, time's getting on. So lay down your load You're fine I'm yours and you're mine It's divine

He means to ride me on, He sees a battle he don't want to face alone I bolt upwards and shake him off my back He falls to his knees, on to a bloody track Well I can't be your horse any more You're not the warrior I've been looking for I see what you mean to do with me I cannot protect you from who you want to be Go face the Lord on your own You have my love but it will not make you grow I can't be your horse anymore You're not the warrior I would die for He fearing solitude, began to beg When he saw I was sure, stuck a knife into my leg Good luck walking on in your own bloody trail This noble path you're on will send us both to hell I'm just a horse on the moor Where is my warrior I've been looking for? I stumble some way on, licking my sores, Tasting the memory of pain I have endured Wondering where am I to go? Well looking back on a bloody trail, you think that I should know But I'm just a horse with no name Somewhere there is other beasts who think the same I'm just a horse with no name Some place there's some other beasts who think the same One morning I awoke to someone calling me A priestess I'd seen once in some arcana dream And she pulled an orange from the ground Is this my warrior? I am found I'm just a horse with no name Where are my other beasts who think the same? I'm just a horse on the moor Where is the warrior I've been looking for?

She sings along to sailor's song In a dress that she made When she's gone I sing along But it doesn't sound the same Oh Nouel, you sing so well Sing only for me Fickle and changeable Though I may always be I pulled a thorn from her tiny paw Her feet were unclean Fetch water, blessed twice And hand a sponge to me I do well to serve Nouel Whatever service I may be Fickle and changeable Weighing down on me She speaks a word and it gently turns To perfect metaphor She likes to say I only play When I know what I'm playing for Oh Nouel, you know me well And I didn't even show you the scar Fickle and changeable Semper femina She'd like to be the kind of free Women still can't be alone How I wish I could hit the switch That keeps you from getting gone Oh Nouel, it hurts like hell When you're so afraid to die Semper femina So am I She lays herself across the bed The origine du monde Slight of shoulder, long and legged Her hair a faded blonde Oh Nouel, you sit so well A thousand artists' muse But you'll be anything you choose Fickle and changeable are you And long may that continue I do well to serve Nouel My only guiding star Fickle and changeable Semper femina