The Hunter

[Verse 1]
From beneath highways, I was listening
Since long before I ever saw your face, I was listening

[Chorus]
Wind from off the bay, the ladies all are crying
Your dad stares at the gun rack, he never planned on buying
I was standing there when your house fell down
I guess they built it back up by now

[Verse 2]
You were semaphore standing in the street
All your flags a'waving—
Waving, coloured in the wind
Stubborn as you were, I agreed

[Chorus]
Years, like startled deer, stand silent as we pass
Of course, it's thе way of things that all of this will last
'Cause you and I prefer thе far and distant planets
For our kids to play by the light of all their moons

[Instrumental Bridge]

[Verse 3]
The Hunter, he stands in the woods, patient as a stone
So patient, he will take all he can
He will take what he's not owed

[Chorus]
You could run so fast that not a thing could catch you
Sleek and pure as glass, throwing light and blood behind you
The violence, at last, sudden as a knife