Verse 1
Wire hanging from the lemon tree
Tin lantern swaying over you and me
Red clay jug by the garden gate
Nobody speaking, nobody checking the date
Log drum humming through the gravel ground
Bare heels turning without a sound
Pre-Chorus
Rope pulls tight
Shadow catches the wall
Stay in this light
Let the heavy beat fall
Chorus
Lanterna, swing it slow
Follow where the deep winds blow
Shoulder to shoulder, chest to bone
Lanterna, swing it slow
We don't need the road back home
Verse 2
Kerosene breathing in the midnight heat
Damp cotton sticking to the rhythm beat
Your hand finds my wrist in the smoky space
Two shadows painted in the very same place
Bass shakes the zinc on the boundary wall
We sway easy, we don't speak at all
Pre-Chorus
Rope pulls tight
Shadow catches the wall
Stay in this light
Let the heavy beat fall
Chorus
Lanterna, swing it slow
Follow where the deep winds blow
Shoulder to shoulder, chest to bone
Lanterna, swing it slow
We don't need the road back home
Bridge
Oil burns low in the clouded glass
Let the morning forget to pass
Nothing spoken, nothing said
Only the dust where the dancers tread
Chorus
Lanterna, swing it slow
Follow where the deep winds blow
Shoulder to shoulder, chest to bone
Lanterna, swing it slow
We don't need the road back home