Over the Rhine - All Of It Was Music lyrics

The night was bending in a grin As streetlight shadows tattooed skin Whatever we were tangled in All of it was music The bed sheets were our whitest flag The war became a game of tag We surrendered all we had And all we had was music The humming of the window unit The street noise often sang right through it A drunken song somehow we knew that Even it was music The newness of uncovered skin Your messy hair your goofy grin Your shattered places deep within All of it was music To those I’ve wronged, Please forgive me I hope this song, helps you believe me The holding on the letting go It all gets buried soft and low But even then a song might grow All of it was music We left the city far behind We traveled light we traveled blind With no idea what we’d find Or whether we could use it The rolling fields were lined by trees Wild flowers brought us to our knees The poison ivy thick as thieves— We swung an ax to bruise it A place where we could rest awhile Where hummingbirds could thrum for miles And we could leave the edges wild And let wild birds sing through us Fires where all our sparks could scatter Midnight stars could drop their ladders I’m not sure any of it matters But all of it was music To those I’ve wronged, Please forgive me I hope this song, helps you believe me The holding on the letting go It all get buried soft and low Don’t ask me how but I still know All of it was music To those I’ve wronged, Please forgive me I hope this song, helps you believe me This world so full of joy and pain Was more than one heart could contain We let it spill and flood the plain All of it was music