Love in a song The only thing they said I could rely on To lay my bones down, lay down boy You're home again The lamp, the lock, the candle, And the pen Love in a song I've written it before it won't take very long The nib will dig a hole and beckon Forth once more To wrap me in its warmth and bolt the door ♪ Someone's singing to you In a song A mantra often told A cross to lay upon The strings that tie me softly pry my Hands from you And steal away before the night is through Love in a song I stand among the crowd prepared to sing along The dusty air congeals A lump that seals my truth But I won't hear it anymore Beyond the steeple She waits for me In her robes Like a ghost An awful silence She springs to me It must be love