Small Black Arrows - The Tower Lyrics

The only word back then
Was how to draw you near
A sound I learned through love
Spoken out of fear
Shame is colic, it settles as we age
You breathed fire but with me you cut it down
Still a child didn't own what we know now
Wish you'd told me bleach would fail to fade the brown

Still we hide our faults from anyone who calls
Change the spelling but the world will still revolve
What's a name if not a lie yet to be told?

We raised a mattress
Like a fortress raises walls
Invite the neighbours in
Save them from the squall.
That was the first time that the crown of love would fall
Why don't you go inside, let the grown ups talk?
Build a tower out of blocks, they're in the hall
A boy oblivious in how we wage a war

(As soon as we came in we heard
As soon as we came in we heard
You came at the right time
It's the last time you hurt her
You hear me the last time
It's the last time you hurt her
You hear me the last time
Eanie meanie minie mo
Catch the black boy and you let him go
Get back into the hallway
It's the last time you hurt her
You hear me, the last time)"