What He Wrote - Laura Marling

[00:12.00]Forgive me, Hera, I cannot stay,
[00:17.12]He cut out my tongue, there is nothing to say,
[00:24.00]Love me, oh Lord, he threw me away,
[00:29.56]He laughed at my sins, in his arms I must stay.
[00:37.11]He wrote: 'I'm broke, please send for me.'
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[00:47.70]But I'm broke in two, and spoken for, do not tempt me.
[00:57.91]Her skin is white, and I'm light as the sun,
[01:02.54]So holy light shines on the things you have done.
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[01:09.94]So I asked him, how he became this man?
[01:14.58]How did he learn to hold fruit in his hands?
[01:19.21]And where is the lamb that gave you your name?
[01:24.46]He had to leave, though I begged him to stay.
[01:28.59]
[01:31.02]Left me alone, when I needed the light,
[01:35.58]Fell to my knees, and I wept for my life,
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[01:40.71]If he had of stayed, you might understand,
[01:45.21]If he had of stayed, you never would have taken my hand.
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[01:52.83]He wrote: 'I'm low, please send for me.'
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[02:03.05]But I'm broke in two, and spoken for, do not tempt me.
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[02:12.88]And where is the lamb that gave you your name?
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[02:17.82]He had to leave, though I begged him to stay.
[02:20.82]
[02:24.00]Begged him to stay, in my cold wooden grip,
[02:28.82]Begged him to stay by the light of this ship.
[02:33.63]Me fighting him, fighting life, fighting dawn,
[02:38.18]And the waves came and stole him and took him to war.
[02:43.08]
[02:45.23]He wrote: 'I'm broke, please send for me.'
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[02:55.32]But I'm broke in two, and spoken for, do not tempt me.
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[03:04.83]Forgive me, Hera, I cannot stay,
[03:10.14]He cut out my tongue, there is nothing to say,
[03:16.64]Love me, oh Lord, he threw me away,
[03:20.14]
[03:21.20]He laughed at my sins, in his arms I must stay.
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[03:28.96]We write, that's alright, I miss his smell.
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[03:39.33]We speak, when spoken to, that suits us well.
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[03:50.02]That suits us well.
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[03:55.58]That suits me well.