Stretch Your Eyes
Embracing Shadows: Agnes Obel's Poetic Dance with Dark Forces
Lyrics
The dark and the ghost
The darkness and spectral entities
They dance so sweet and slow
They engage in a graceful, slow dance
Dug-out from below there
Emerging from beneath the surface
to damn the gods
To condemn or curse the deities
A grip that will hold
A strong and enduring grasp
So tight and close
Tightly and intimately entwined
Around my throat with
Around my throat, burdened with
the weight of all our lives
The weight of all our collective lives
You can give to my heart
You can present to my heart
Thousand words or more
A thousand words or more
You can give to my heart
You can offer to my heart
Thousand words or more
A thousand words or more
The drum you stroke
The drumbeat you play
Damn that beat so old
Cursing that ancient rhythm
In the ground it grows there
It grows in the soil to
To damn the sun (oh what will come to life)
Condemn the sun (anticipating what will come to life)
Gates of gold
Gates made of gold
In your head you hold
In your mind, you possess
A kingdom molten
A molten kingdom
May the gods be on your side
May the gods be in your favor
You can give to my heart
You can present to my heart
Thousand words or more
A thousand words or more
You can give to my heart
You can offer to my heart
Thousand words or more
A thousand words or more
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