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