"Devil's Spoke" lyrics - LAURA MARLING

LAURA MARLING
"Devil's Spoke"

I might be a part of this
Ripple on water from a lonesome drip
A fallen tree that witness me
I'm alone, him and me

And then life itself could not aspire
To have someone be so admired
I threw creation to my king
With the silence broken by a whispered, wind

[Chorus:]
All of this can be broken
All of this can be broken
Hold your devil by his spoke and spin him to the ground

And root to root and tip to tip
I look at him my country gyp
Leathered up by his fears
But someone brought you close to tears

Many trains and many miles
Brought you to me on this sunny isle
And what of which you wish to speak
Have you come here to rescue me?

[Chorus:]
All of this can be broken
All of this can be broken
Hold your devil by his spoke and spin him to the ground

[Bridge:]
But the love of your life lives but lies no more
And where she lay a flower grows

The arms that fed and the babes that wed
And the backs that bled keeping her in tow

But I am your keeper
And I hold your face away from light
I am yours till they come
I am yours till they come

[Outro:]
Eye to eye
Nose to nose
Ripping off each other's clothes
In a most peculiar way

Eye to eye
Nose to nose
Ripping off each other's clothes
In a most peculiar way