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 locket, 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 warm 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 To 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 In awful silence, she screams to me It must be love