Mick Flannery - By the Rule lyrics

The man who lived to live alone His heart he ruled to know but one His name was none he took no ground He came and went without a sound One day the man did sing a song Then stood and wait for her to come For years they sang but he would not know, From some he took and then let go One day our lady did divine To move the air most true and fine He drew but found his voice had gone "Dear god" he thought "I've stood too long" The crimes, the crimes of the fool against the fool The cries, the cries of the man who lived by The Rule To die by the rule, You offered everything to me I took, you know I took for free The morning broke and flood in blue, I knew before the day was through I'd tear into the heart of you I tore into the heart of you A pair, a pair of young lives becomes a love And there, there they've won Oh how is it done? How is it done? I wait to look into your eyes I wait for you to look at mine My love, oh love I long to see I'll offer all I have to thee And you'll tear into the heart of me You'll tear into the heart of me.