The Hunter

[Verse 1] From beneath highways, I was listening Since long before I ever saw your face, I was listening [Chorus] Wind from off the bay, the ladies all are crying Your dad stares at the gun rack, he never planned on buying I was standing there when your house fell down I guess they built it back up by now [Verse 2] You were semaphore standing in the street All your flags a'waving— Waving, coloured in the wind Stubborn as you were, I agreed [Chorus] Years, like startled deer, stand silent as we pass Of course, it's thе way of things that all of this will last 'Cause you and I prefer thе far and distant planets For our kids to play by the light of all their moons [Instrumental Bridge] [Verse 3] The Hunter, he stands in the woods, patient as a stone So patient, he will take all he can He will take what he's not owed [Chorus] You could run so fast that not a thing could catch you Sleek and pure as glass, throwing light and blood behind you The violence, at last, sudden as a knife