Verse 1
Paraffin burning on a twisted wire
Orange in the dust, putting out the fire
Bare feet shifting on the cooling brick
Log drum heavy and the warm air thick
Pre-Chorus
Feel that timber creak above
Catch the rhythm, catch the shove
Sky goes purple, shadows lean
Right in the space between
Chorus
Lanterna, swing it slow
Lanterna, swing it slow
Keep your hips where the amber falls
Let the bass drum shake the walls
Lanterna, swing it slow
Verse 2
Sweat along your collar, sweet and plain
Clay still drying from the midday rain
Shoulder to shoulder, nobody speaks
Bass rolls easy through the wooden peaks
Pre-Chorus
Feel that timber creak above
Catch the rhythm, catch the shove
Sky goes purple, shadows lean
Right in the space between
Chorus
Lanterna, swing it slow
Lanterna, swing it slow
Keep your hips where the amber falls
Let the bass drum shake the walls
Lanterna, swing it slow
Bridge
No clock ticking by the iron gate
Sun went down, but the heat can wait
Brass chain rocking on the tin roof low
Where your ribs end, let the log drum go
Chorus
Lanterna, swing it slow
Lanterna, swing it slow
Keep your hips where the amber falls
Let the bass drum shake the walls
Lanterna, swing it slow