Astronautalis - Avalanche Patrol lyrics

We've got a long way to go Before we finish our patrol Light burns off in the distance No one dares make a sound Scared we might wake the snow Sleeping giants love to listen And tethered together by lines of gold Two of my brothers on patrol Our breathing keeps us in rhythm Well honey I know it's getting cold Eye on the wool cape you have wove I can smell your lavender and lipstick You would never, ask me when I'm coming home You know better, than to wait and watch the snow While the other wives and mothers pray and count their rosaries Not my lover, her lipstick lavender keeps her close to me One, Two One, Two, Three, Four Hold me close as the hour escapes Sunlight running on the mountain's ravenous face The moon came too soon and it'll stay out too late And I can feel that goddamn bell before they ring it Gold heats in your hair promptly at 4 p.m. Then cool to amber as the sun sets again The light through the blinds paints patterns on skin Your head dovetails so nicely on my chest where you laid it When I'm out in the shop, faced to the forge I think of you, my love, as I tend to the coals Smiths with flames high in their eyes are all for show Dreaming, lying to themselves that they've bridled Hades A fire's that's good take patience, control Even bellow breathing this work is painfully slow But you must hold on because you'll taste the reward When that white iron draws out, just like it was painted I know you know this, but I tell you this time Because I need to say it out loud to feel right You listen to me whisper it, my lips graze you ear with every line And you memorize every word, just as I say it Press into me, leave marks in my side And I promise to pull you in until my knuckles go white You're breathing with me now as the sun slips behind the mountain ridge to the west And the day is finished