And the wax heart weeps and blisters...

[khaosworks]

And I know now how to play it. Yay. Still need another voice, though.

(Note that this is a duet - plain is the man, italics is the woman, bold is together. When the first two verses repeat they are sung at the same time. It's a great song. Pick up the CD - it's "When I Go", Dave Carter with Tracy Grammer)

Kate and the Ghost of Lost Love
Dave Carter with Tracy Grammer

Sweet Kate, open your gate
Here I stand in the wind
Threadbare, snow in my hair
How I need you again
For lone stalks the hunter's moon
Time takes her toll
Love, please, mercy on me
And my poor wandrin' soul

Love is a star that will not shine
'Til the hour of your return
I count the days in cups of wine
And the candles I have burned
And sunrise comes only when I am far away
In dreams or when the black thunder rolls
I cannot save my own sad heart
Nor your poor, poor wandering soul

I heard the grey wolf sing her serenade at night
But you never held me by the light of day
I climbed the redwood tree and caught the wren in flight
But her wings were soft as morning and the morning slipped away

Sweet Kate, open your gate
Here I stand in the wind
Threadbare, snow in my hair
How I need you again
For lone stalks the hunter's moon
Time takes her toll
Love, please, mercy on me
And my poor wandrin' soul

Love is a star that will not shine
'Til the hour of your return
I count the days in cups of wine
And the candles I have burned
And sunrise comes only when I am far away
In dreams or when the black thunder rolls
I cannot save my own sad heart
Nor your poor, poor wandering soul

Open the gate, love
So many candles
Suddenly morning slips away from me

And the wax heart weeps and blisters
And it's burning where he kissed her
And the ghost of lost love whispers, "Sweet Kate..."

Comments

This song

[kyttn.livejournal.com]

This song haunts me a lot for some reason, though I haven't sung it once since the wedding. I really wish we lived close enough together that I could sing the lady's part with you. I've been singing it along with Melissa every time I've heard her and Daniel perform it! Hmm.... does having a possible female voice available for duet make VA sound any more interesting for a place to move eventually?

*hugs*