A Hard Rain's a-Gonna Fall - Laura Marling

Oh, where have you been, my blue-eyed son? And where have you been, my darling young one? I've stumbled on the side of 12 misty mountains I've walked and I crawled on six crooked highways I've stepped in the middle of seven sad forests I've been out in front of a dozen dead oceans I've been 10,000 miles in the mouth of a graveyard And it's a hard, it's a hard It's a hard, it's a hard It's a hard rain's a-gonna fall Oh, what did you see, my blue-eyed son? And what did you see, my darling young one? I saw a newborn baby with wild wolves all around it I saw a highway of diamonds with nobody on it I saw a black branch with blood that kept drippin' I saw a room full of men with their hammers a-bleedin' I saw a white ladder all covered with water I saw 10,000 talkers whose tongues were all broken I saw guns and sharp swords in the hands of young children And it's a hard, it's a hard It's a hard, and it's a hard It's a hard rain's a-gonna fall And what did you hear, my blue-eyed son? And what did you hear, my darling young one? I heard the sound of the thunder that roared out a warning I heard the roar of a wave that could drown the whole world I heard one hundred drummers whose hands were a-blazin' I heard 10,000 whisperin' and nobody listenin' I heard one person starve, I heard many people laughin' I heard the song of a poet who died in the gutter I heard the sound of a clown who cried in the alley And it's a hard, it's a hard It's a hard, it's a hard It's a hard rain's a-gonna fall Oh, what did you meet, my blue-eyed son? And who did you meet, my darling young one? I met a young child beside a dead pony I met a white man who walked a black dog I met a young woman, her body was burning I met a young girl, she gave me a rainbow I met one man who was wounded in love I met another man who was wounded in hatred And it's a hard, it's a hard It's a hard, it's a hard It's a hard rain's a-gonna fall And what'll you do now, my blue-eyed son? And what'll you do now, my darling young one? I'm a-goin' back out 'fore the rain starts a-fallin' I'll walk to the depths of the deepest dark forest Where the people are many and their hands are all empty Where the pellets of poison are flooding their waters Where their home in the valley meets the damp dirty prison And the executioner's face is always well-hidden Where hunger is ugly, where the souls are forgotten Where black is the colour, where none is the number And I'll tell it and speak it, and think it and breathe it And reflect from the mountains, so all souls can see it And I'll stand on the ocean until I start sinkin' But I'll know my song well before I start singing And it's a hard, it's a hard It's a hard, and it's a hard It's a hard rain's a-gonna fall

When you ask how I've been I know you mean well, I know you mean well Who am I dialing tonight? That's a bummer Thaw out my freezer, burn feelings for 20 summers I'm just a cherub riding comets through the night sky Screaming at the stars like night lights And I love my life, I love my life Running middle fingers through the red lights And I guess I'm getting older 'cause I'm less pissed When I can't get onto the guest list To the end of the world, the end of the world Fever-dream tangerine sweat When I get down, down Silent killers are these years coming like waves (You put the "fun" into dysfunction) Hold me, hold me like a grudge The world is always spinning, and I can't keep up, whoa Faster and faster, can't do it on my own Part-time soulmate, full-time problem, yeah So hold me like a grudge Hold me like a grudge, yeah, yeah Hold me like a grudge Hold me like a grudge I guess somehow we made it back With a few dreams of ours still intact I am a diamond on the inside, just add the pressure Know it's inside me, but I got no map to my own treasure I'm just a cherub riding comets through the night sky Screaming at the stars like night lights And I love my life, I love my life Running middle fingers through the red lights And I guess I'm getting bolder 'cause I'm less pissed We didn't make it to your year-end best list Not the end of the world, the end of the world Fever-dream tangerine sweat When I get down, down Silent killers are these years coming like waves (You put the "fun" into dysfunction) Hold me, hold me like a grudge The world is always spinning, and I can't keep up, whoa Faster and faster, can't do it on my own Part-time soulmate, full-time problem, yeah So hold me like a grudge Hold me like a grudge, yeah, yeah Hold me like a grudge Hold me like a grudge I thought I knew better, I thought it would get better I figured somehow by now, I would have got it together And if you put your, put your heart in it, heart in it Then we'll do more than just get by together, yeah Call you up and demand you have no fun without me I'm like a storm on the horizon, storm on the horizon (You put the "fun" into dysfunction) Hold me, hold me like a grudge The world is always spinning, and I can't keep up, whoa Faster and faster, can't do it on my own Part-time soulmate, full-time problem, yeah Hold me like a grudge (no, oh, no) Hold me like a grudge (hold me), yeah, yeah Hold me like a grudge, hold me Hold me like a grudge Hold me like a, hold me like a grudge

It's Courtney, bitch! Rat a tat tat Rat a tat tat tat hey No thesis existed for burning cities down at such a rampant rate No graphics and no fucking Powerpoint presentation So they just DIY'd that shit and they built their own bombs She's his suicide blond, she's number than gold Are you ready for another bad poem? One more off key anthem Let your teeth sink in Remember me as I was not as I am And I said "I'll check in tomorrow if I don't wake up dead," I kept wishing she had blonde ambition and she'd let it go to my head Rat a tat tat Rat a tat tat tat hey If my love is a weapon There's no second guessing when I say Rat a tat tat Rat a tat tat tat hey If my heart is a grenade You pull the pin and say: We're all fighting growing old We're all fighting growing old In the hopes Of a few minutes more To get on St. Peter's list But you need to lower your standards Cause it's never Getting any better than this We are professional ashes of roses This kerosene's live You settled your score This is where you come to beg, unborn and unshaven Killing fields of fire to a congress of ravens This is what we do, baby, we nightmare you I'm about to make the sweat roll backwards And your heart beat in reverse Our guts can't be reworked As alone as a little white church In the middle of the desert getting burned But I'll take your heart served up two ways I sing a bitter song I'm the lonelier version of you I just don't know where it went wrong Rat a tat tat Rat a tat tat tat hey If my love is a weapon There's no second guessing when I say Rat a tat tat Rat a tat tat tat hey If my heart is a grenade You pull the pin and say: We're all fighting growing old We're all fighting growing old In the hopes Of a few minutes more To get on St. Peter's list But you need to lower your standards Cause it's never Getting any better than this Rat a tat tat Rat a tat tat tat hey It's never Getting any better than this Rat a tat tat Rat a tat tat tat hey It's never Getting any better than this Rat a tat tat Rat a tat tat tat hey It's never Getting any better than this Rat a tat tat Rat a tat tat tat hey It's never Getting any better than this She's sick and she's wrong She's young dirty blonde And you sink inside her like a suicide bomb He says "I've seen bigger" She says "I've lit better" And they throw the matches down into the glitter Not a dry eye left in the house Go boy, go boy, run for your life Go boy, go boy, run for your life Go boy, go boy, run for your life We're all fighting growing old We're all fighting growing old In the hopes Of a few minutes more To get on St. Peter's list But you need to lower your standards Cause it's never Getting any better than this Rat a tat tat Rat a tat tat tat hey It's never Getting any better than this Rat a tat tat Rat a tat tat tat hey It's never Getting any better than this Rat a tat tat Rat a tat tat tat hey It's never Getting any better than this Rat a tat tat Rat a tat tat tat hey It's never Getting any better than this Are you ready for another bad poem?

What became of Alexandra Did she make it through? What kind of woman gets to love you? Wrote us all a little note Nothing left to lose What kind of woman gets to love you? I need to know Where did Alexandra go? Alexandra had no fear She lived out in the woods She'd tell you what you're doing wrong If she thinks she'll be understood Pulls her socks up to her knees Finds diamonds in the drain One more diamond to add to her chain I need to know Where does Alexandra go? Where did Alexandra go? It won't change how I'm feeling But you can try to help me understand If she loved you like a woman Did you feel like a man? I need to know Where did Alexandra go? Where did Alexandra go? You had to say, your shit to bed You could not bear the unsaid I had to try, a fuck to give Why should I die so you can live? What did Alexandra know? What did Alexandra know? What did Alexandra know?

Break the water Make a ripple once in a while Wake, it's morning we've been sleeping for a while Now forget what you're owed That your tired, time's getting on. So lay down your load You're fine I'm yours and you're mine You're fine I'm yours and you're mine. Hold tight stranger I sense danger that wont show Who holds the hand that holds the gun You might never know But when the note lingers Sending shivers down my spine I feel in my fingers That I'm one with something divine It's divine. I didn't drink a drop in weeks All the waiting's only made it sweet I tried not to freeze you before you thaw Tried not to burn you and wait some more When you ask what's coming you've already chosen When you know you're winning you're already losing It's divine Now forget what you're owed That you're tired, time's getting on. So lay down your load You're fine I'm yours and you're mine It's divine

He means to ride me on, He sees a battle he don't want to face alone I bolt upwards and shake him off my back He falls to his knees, on to a bloody track Well I can't be your horse any more You're not the warrior I've been looking for I see what you mean to do with me I cannot protect you from who you want to be Go face the Lord on your own You have my love but it will not make you grow I can't be your horse anymore You're not the warrior I would die for He fearing solitude, began to beg When he saw I was sure, stuck a knife into my leg Good luck walking on in your own bloody trail This noble path you're on will send us both to hell I'm just a horse on the moor Where is my warrior I've been looking for? I stumble some way on, licking my sores, Tasting the memory of pain I have endured Wondering where am I to go? Well looking back on a bloody trail, you think that I should know But I'm just a horse with no name Somewhere there is other beasts who think the same I'm just a horse with no name Some place there's some other beasts who think the same One morning I awoke to someone calling me A priestess I'd seen once in some arcana dream And she pulled an orange from the ground Is this my warrior? I am found I'm just a horse with no name Where are my other beasts who think the same? I'm just a horse on the moor Where is the warrior I've been looking for?

She sings along to sailor's song In a dress that she made When she's gone I sing along But it doesn't sound the same Oh Nouel, you sing so well Sing only for me Fickle and changeable Though I may always be I pulled a thorn from her tiny paw Her feet were unclean Fetch water, blessed twice And hand a sponge to me I do well to serve Nouel Whatever service I may be Fickle and changeable Weighing down on me She speaks a word and it gently turns To perfect metaphor She likes to say I only play When I know what I'm playing for Oh Nouel, you know me well And I didn't even show you the scar Fickle and changeable Semper femina She'd like to be the kind of free Women still can't be alone How I wish I could hit the switch That keeps you from getting gone Oh Nouel, it hurts like hell When you're so afraid to die Semper femina So am I She lays herself across the bed The origine du monde Slight of shoulder, long and legged Her hair a faded blonde Oh Nouel, you sit so well A thousand artists' muse But you'll be anything you choose Fickle and changeable are you And long may that continue I do well to serve Nouel My only guiding star Fickle and changeable Semper femina