Fossil

No more idle sleeping at the switch
Couldn’t hear the voices of
Old dogs howling secrets to the wind
Here’s my cold admission
I’m not a violent man
Take the lines I wrote for you
Unwrap them from my hands
Promise to the chosen few
You will not suffer long
Cos no one’s on the river tonight
We headed on
To the light
The devil never had a hand in this song
Folly of a soldier swayed
Charging of a light brigade
What glories fade away
In your silent summons
Is there someone there?
Approach with caution
Find a figure painted on a chair
Shaky hands and shotgun nerves
Your eloquence a fossil gone
Beam me above, help me over
It’s unsensational
Cos no one’s on the river tonight
We headed on
To the light
Cos no one’s on the river tonight
We headed on
To the light