The Calling

'The Calling' is the second track on The Amazing Devil's third album, ruin.

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Back then I was dauntless And dawn could never know And my weakness made me weep less Than I would ever show you I’d burn so bright it blinded Now I know that light guided me here

I walked into the river To wring those embers from my broken heart and broken liver You’ll never get your dinner if you don’t learn how to get along And a fox somewhere is hiding That light I thought was blinding brought me here

I look into the water And see a face I don’t understand We’re both unwanted daughters But there’s more than water in these autumn hands I look into the water and see a face I don’t recognise Who’s this /Who are you What changed I ask So strange, she replies

Shoulder the sky Open those eyes There’s a kind of calling Calling

/I can’t wait to show you How much I know you can be Just let the rain come Let the rain come down, down, darling Can’t you hear it howling you It’s calling, calling

Back then I wasn’t hopeful But now my ink’s blood red not black And I’ll blink like ripping envelopes In the hopes that you’ll write back And on the banks of that river I shiver as a fox stands frozen And I close them, I close them, I close my eyes

‘Cos I’m between that just one more and drank too much again And I promise you I’ll write I love you With my fingers on your sleeping hand And when that fox howls I’ll howl with it In it’s cries I’ll find an end And when I think I’m fine you’ll visit And then you happen to me, you happen to me all over again

In the waters I see a face I don’t want look back Do you like my dress, it’s got pockets The rocks beneath my feet begin to crack

Oh I look into the waters long ago that current caught us and we tried I tried I really fucking tried But the rain kept coming down I watch that woman drown

Shoulder the sky Open those eyes There’s a kind of calling Calling

/I can’t wait to show you How much I know you can be Just let the rain come Let the rain come down, down, darling Can’t you hear it howling you It’s calling, calling

In the rainfall