Lanterna (Version 2)

Verse 1

Tin roof cooling in the amber sky

Paraffin flicker caught in your eye

Wire on the beam where the lantern sways

Log drum hums through the evening haze

Bare feet shifting on the swept red brick

Step to the pulse of the yellow wick

Pre-Chorus

The day pulls away

The shadow stays

No need to speak

Just bend the knees

Chorus

Step to the lanterna, circle of gold

Body knows everything hands cannot hold

Step to the lanterna, stay in the glow

Moving in rhythm where the deep drums go

Verse 2

Sweat on your collarbone shining clear

Bass moves the dust till the floor feels near

Glass gets warm where the flame burns down

Two pair of heels tapping on the ground

Mouth doesn't move and the eye won't stray

Lantern swings easy as we drift away

Pre-Chorus

The day pulls away

The shadow stays

No need to speak

Just bend the knees

Chorus

Step to the lanterna, circle of gold

Body knows everything hands cannot hold

Step to the lanterna, stay in the glow

Moving in rhythm where the deep drums go

Bridge

Let the dark take the yard

Let the yard take the road

Keep your pulse on my pulse

Let the chest carry the load

Nothing out there that we have to name

Just the round iron ring and the steady flame

Chorus

Step to the lanterna, circle of gold

Body knows everything hands cannot hold

Step to the lanterna, stay in the glow

Moving in rhythm where the deep drums go