"Devereaux" lyrics

I never questioned the call of the father to his next of kin
Pull me out of the fire, tell me you love me, and throw me back in
If I could ask for mercy, if I could give up this life of sin

The only one I've ever known
Visit my parents and then go back home
Been scanning the stations, searching for a song to fall back in love
Came across one that shook me so sweetly when I was young
Before I was rusted as this car, before the bitter moths consumed
The brighter spots of a hopeful past
Is it too much to ask for something that will last?

Deveraux
I always heard as my grandad's name
The first time that I felt its weight
I cried and I said
Deveraux
In the space between here and you
There's a kid who don't know what to do
He waits in the silence to hear
And inside of the tent, they're turning animals to men
Here's a heart for guilt, here's a mind to think again

Outta my garden! Out of my life!

But I wasn't born to be this - I was born to fight dragons
With a cowl on my face, with an auspicious birthday -

Out of my garden - out of my life!

Riverrun to the country - I sail in a basket down the tides and wait
For some gentle face to come peering down through the wicker frame
I think of my mother and her voice - the dishes that she made - it's too late
To hope that the one who finds me now
Will know her song and speak it out loud, she said

Deveraux!
We all come from a long, long line
Today you're walking it side-by-side with me and mine
Oh Deveraux!
I always heard as my own dad's name
The first time I saw you take it
I cried and I said
Deveraux!
In the land beyond me and you
A bunch of kids who don't know what to do
We wait in the silence to hear...
Oh Deveraux, we all wait in the silence
Deveraux, we all wait in the silence