I went for a walk in the middle of winter
Her face, it was cloudy and cracked
And I couldn't find where the wolves had got in, but I didn't much care about that
I saw Diana through a gap in the trees, and it shattered my poor brittle heart
And I escaped from the wolves by the skin of my teeth, but I know that they'll tear me apart
I rode into town in my dead brother's coat against the wind that was holding me back
I rode on a horse ugly as sin, but I didn't much care about that
Crossing the border to get out of reach, there's nothing quite like being free
Out the cape where the cyclone touched down and carried the wreckage to sea
I know this landscape like the back of my hand, and I never can make myself stay
Watching the house on the night it burnt down, you said "Boy, it's the Devil's birthday"
Well I never met him, but he said knew my dad, and he gave me my taste for strong taste
He said in a year like 1931 what the hell does it help if you think
They could have drowned us like kittens at birth, but they raised us all right up from scratch
Still it's a shame we discovered the earth but I didn't much care about that
A voice from the shadows keeps me up at night, and they say he's forgiven my sins
But I saw your ghost on the day that you died, and it made me jump out of my skin
Last cigarette with the noose on my neck, and I know that my lungs will turn black
And when the wolves came to pick at my bones, well I didn't much care about that
No, I didn't much care about that (x2)
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