"The Lighthouse" lyrics

"The Lighthouse"

I'll build a house of water
I'm searching high and low
Underneath the waves
Where they hit the rocky shore
Out by the lighthouse

Heard nature say
"I'm sorry
For stones and trees down below
For those who tumble in God's name
To an early grave
Into the sea and foam
Like ships tossed in a storm"
And I'm standing all alone
Out by the lighthouse

I'll build a house of paper
Covered with words I can read
She had to teach me what to say
And every year we stayed
Out by the lighthouse

I'll build a house so level
With 7 walls long and true
The day we raised that roof up high
Unto the fading light
We sang the whole night through
& no one needed proof
& I could see the moon
Out by the lighthouse


Writer(s): David Byrne, Brian Peter George Eno
album: "Everything That Happens Will Happen Today" (2008)
David Byrne - Everything That Happens Will Happen Today album cover
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