Marbles

'Marbles' is the 8th song on The Amazing Devil's second album, The Horror and the Wild.

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Lyrics
I’ve held your hand since nineteen seventy nine, You were in a band - still am - yeah but back then you had hair and your smile was so sublime And I chipped my teeth on every joke you cracked

You used to buy me scotch - still do - yeah but now too much is never enough To take me back to that dance hall where you got thrown out cos they thought you were drunk -I wasn't - You couldn’t lie then and you sure as hell can’t lie to me now.

You stole the best years of my life I’ll give them back

You got fat And you’re the thigh high hemline I just can’t stop staring at

I will wait and hope Your eyes aren’t rivers there to weep But a place for crows to rest their feet

I will wait and hope And rest my head at night content Knowing where my marbles went

The flat we rented was a palace for my queen If by palace you mean that asbestos and beans from a tin, and the gin that we brewed in the bathtub You sang ‘do you think I’m sexy’ And oh god I really did.

You’d swoon, you’d sigh, working shifts till we cried Oh if one more guy calls me darling then I swear to you and to god I will murder them all, all the bastards applaud when I show that I’m flawed You’re not flawed darling, you’re just a little under-rehearsed.

And I’d get in And for some reason you’ve painted the kitchen lime green

And I'd sink to the floor, what’s the point anymore, And you, you’d reply with a glint in your eye (And you, you’d reply with a drink in your hand) Saying ‘I don’t know, but I’m here, I’m all yours, dear heart don’t cry’ (Saying ‘I don’t know, but I’m here, oh dear god, dear heart don’t cry’)

Cos I will wait and hope Your eyes aren’t rivers there to weep But a place for crows to rest their feet

And I will wait and hope And rest my head at night content Knowing where my marbles went

I’ve loved you, for a hundred years Certainly fucking feels like it

The minute I met you the colours of my life begun to pour I’m scared of the dark

And now, even though you’re mad and these memories won’t stay, it’s okay. Cos now I get to meet you for the first time every single day

I’ll wait and hope Your eyes aren’t rivers there to weep But a place for crows to rest their feet

I’ll wait and hope And rest my head at night content Knowing where my marbles went

And I will wait And I will wait And I will wait And hope