"Black Velvet Cloak" lyrics

"Black Velvet Cloak"

She wandered oh so restlessly
Over bone rivers, resting under trees
Like an arrow flung from her bow
Her travels took her high and low

And she did it all in a black velvet cloak
She did it all in a black velvet cloak
Through all your crocodile tears with a lump in her throat
She hid it all away in her black velvet cloak

Oh, hidden one, where do you go?
Invisible pit in the shadows
The poison barb, the aching sting
The darkness touches everything
Now creatures leave their burrows
The birds begin to sing again
Treading light, avoiding haste
Standing still, pulling back the bowstring

And she did it all in a black velvet cloak
She did it all in a black velvet cloak
Through all your crocodile tears with a lump in her throat
She hid it all away in her black velvet cloak

Everything destroyed comes back again in the end
Everything destroyed comes back again in the end
Everything destroyed will return again
Everything destroyed will return again


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