Watcher - Ben Ottewell

Watch as it bows Pale hand uncurls Return to station Mild and tied Bold nothings in To waiting ears Bound sealed breaths clatter Over sweeping skin Quickly fall out of line With you Moving in time How long for us For how long Tight grip conceals Silent retreat Distracted by those Dizzied hips Caught in the deep And keeping still The final split A shallow bay Quickly fall out of line With you Moving in time How long for us For how long How long for us For how long

I am forever the watcher Oath sworn protector Foretold your saviour I won't abandon you I cannot lose you I won't throw this hope away The hope you once knew I pray this sickness never ends I will not leave you To suffer at the hands Of sin If I were silenced Your name i would still speak There isn't a moment That you will leave my eyes As you become faint in person You're stronger in my mind So fight the demon inside Fight the demon inside Let go Let others take control The poison will drain And the possession will lose its hold I am forever the watcher Oath sworn protector Foretold your saviour And I will never abandon you I cannot lose you I pray this sickness never ends I will not leave you To suffer at the hands Of sin If I were silenced Your name i would still speak I won't abandon you I cannot lose you I won't throw this hope away I won't abandon you I cannot lose you I won't throw this hope away I pray this sickness never ends I will not leave you To suffer at the hands Of sin If I were silenced Your name i would still speak

He has gone alone Watching, scouting from afar See the change in power Watching, came in from the stars Red burns my eyes Watching, their sun begins to rise Home is theirs to hold Watching as they inherit the skies Build them up to be gods In their own minds they shine Shadows cover over Their world now in decline It's a stolen skyline It's a stolen skyline Blinded By your reflection Separation From the minds eye Claim They'll take it again Victory flag in the soil they call their home Bring our neighbours to ruins We bring our misery Exile to the great unknown Places you cannot see It's a stolen skyline It's a stolen skyline Blinded By your reflection Separation From the minds eye Claim They'll take it again Victory flag in the soil they call their home They'll fade into the dark Us and them Start a new cycle of men Leaders making the calls We will follow them all Tycoons holding our heads down Overhauled to carry the crown Dealing cards, selling our own moons Transcend through the cosmic womb Building our new kingdom in their sun Building our new kingdom in their sun Building our new kingdom in their sun Building our new kingdom in their sun Building our new kingdom in their sun Building our new kingdom in their sun Building our new kingdom in their sun Building our new kingdom in their sun They'll fade into They'll fade into

When did you give up When did you decide There's no hope in this place? You shouldn't always look skywards Blown by the sky Wayward, it's hard to see Beyond the escarpments Always look to North You don't even need to fear Turning in circle here You're gonna find out It's time for you to strike out There's no obstacles here In the back of your mind There's a light that shines There's no obstacles here When did you decide You don't even need to try? To fail is your fate You have no one to return to You've been so strong Stronger than ever 'Cause you don't even see it Always look high above But you don't even need to fear When you're turning in circle here You're gonna find out It's time for you to strike out There's no obstacles here In the back of your mind There's a light that shines There's no obstacles here

Bring me your gentle elegies And put me in your eulogies A rattle bag of praise and pleas To do things better Your prayers won't raise me From this well I don't hear the mission bells I sunk beneath the water When they raised me up I fell When they raised me up I fell Somewhere, someway Salvation comes in strange disguise Somewhere, someway Redemption comes When they raised me up I fell When they raised me up I fell Lay down your wooden cross Come down by my fire You need not feel the loss Lets do things better Lets do things better Somewhere, someway Salvation comes in strange disguise Somewhere, someway Redemption comes When they raised me up I fell When they raised me up I fell

There's the line that I stepped right over My, oh, my, ten times over Carry the weight 'round upon my shoulder My, oh, my, it's stumblin' Place it down and you're ten years older Come home, blackbird, come home I'm sorry for what I have done You lay down and I stepped right over My, oh, my, how you've got to me Fill my lungs full of precious words for you And all my life, sing for sympathy Crossed that line, a devil danced with me Come home, blackbird, come home I'm sorry for what I have done Forgive me if that can be done This time I swear to keep you warm Come home, blackbird, come home I'm sorry for what I have done Forgive me if that can be done This time I swear to keep you warm To keep you warm To keep you warm To keep you warm To keep you warm

Hello, green eyes, it's good to see you again Following the lights to where we last got in Swallow my pride, the roaring of the sea 'Til winter sweet as spring takes this beach Hello, wild cat, it's good to hear you again When you howl like that, years roll back in tens Unease of words, they have let in the storm I kept falling inside, crawling, returns Yellow, green and blue, yellow, gold and green If I play the fool, it's because I'm merely happy Inside my dreams, rare animals and you I'll hunt by reflex running, unto you By reflex I'll hunt it down By reflex I'll hunt it down By reflex I'll hunt it down By reflex I'll hunt it down By reflex I'll hunt it down By reflex I'll hunt it down By reflex I'll hunt it down By reflex I'll hunt it down