Laura Marling - Flicker And Fail lyrics

He took a bus to meet me in a bar in a Tuscan hill Oh a sight I'd never seen, I believe in God still But you wouldn't be able to stop me if I feel like running away Wouldn't be able to stop me if I didn't want to stay And the rain fell on the houses And on the late swaying trees It fell its fiercest on the skulls of the willingly deceived They put money in their hearts and God where their mouth is They put money in their hearts and God Said he'd been sleeping lonely, spending nights under the stars Little darling, we're all lonely, we don't all show our scars It's my heart, and my burden, and I would never bring you down like that My heart, my burden, I would never bring you down with me And the rain fell on the towers and on the late swaying trees And it hammered and it raged on us unwillingly And the believers were forewarned, and they ran into the storm And watched the earth's light flicker and fail Watched the earth's light flicker and fail Flicker and, flicker and fail They put money in their hearts and God where their mouth is They put money in their hearts and God where their mouth is They put money in their hearts and God where their mouth is They put money in their hearts and God