"Your Bones" lyrics

"Your Bones"

In the spring we made a boat
Out of feathers, out of bones.
We set fire to our homes,
Walking barefoot in the snow.

Distant rhythm of the drum
As we drifted towards the storm.
Baby lion lost his teeth,
Now they're swimming in the sea.

Troubled spirits on my chest
Where they laid to rest.
The birds all left, my tall friend,
As your body hit the sand.

Million stars up in the sky
Formed a tiger's eye
That looked down on my face,
Out of time and out of place.

So hold on.
Hold on to what we are.
Hold on to your heart.

La la la la la la la
La la la la la la la
La la la la la
La la la la la
La la la la la la la
La la la la la la la
La la la la la
La la la la la

Awakened by the sound
Of a screaming owl.
Chasing leaves in the wind,
Going where we've never been.

Said goodbye to you, my friend,
As the fire spread.
All that's left are your bones
That will soon sink like stones.

So hold on.
Hold on to what we are.
Hold on to your heart.

La la la la la la la
La la la la la la la
La la la la la
La la la la la
La la la la la la la
La la la la la la la
La la la la la
La la la la la

So hold on.
Hold on to your heart.


Thanks to Mim Calle, Robert, Terese C., Dave McDonald for correcting these lyrics.
Writer(s): Ragnar Thorhallsson, Nanna Bryndis Hilmarsdottir
album: "My Head Is An Animal" (2011)
Of Monsters And Men - My Head Is An Animal album cover
Sinking Man
(Hidden Track)
Mountain Sound
(U.S. Bonus Track)
Slow And Steady
(U.S. Bonus Track)
Phantom
(Reissue Bonus Track)
Sugar In A Bowl
(Reissue Bonus Track)
You May Also Like
The Naked And Famous - "No Way" When the daylight comes Do you feel it? Leave your bag of bones Underneath your bed Everything is as It should be I'm leaving now As I should be No way, no way No we're never gonna talk about it No...
Mumford & Sons - "Believe" You may call it in this evening But you've only lost the night Present all your pretty feelings May they comfort you tonight And I'm climbing over something And I'm running through these walls I...
The Head And The Heart - "Rivers And Roads" A year from now we'll all be gone All our friends will move away And they're goin' to better places But our friends will be gone away Nothin' is as it has been And I miss your face like hell And I...
Florence + The Machine - "No Light, No Light" You are the hole in my head You are the space in my bed You are the silence in between What I thought and what I said You are the night time fear You are the morning when it's clear When it's over...
Passenger - "Holes" I know a man with nothing in his hands, nothing but a rolling stone He told me about when his house burnt down, and he lost everything he owned He lay asleep for six whole weeks, they were gonna ask...