Ballad

Have you ever watched a moonbeam
Passed out drunk in Calton Hill Park
Its smooth light licking up your chin
As a gravestone crow's cawing in the dark

Next morning hungover, another adventure
Dive into Detifoss in Iceland or from Maya Beach in Thailand
Shaking spider-monkey hands, hearing ancient Inca chants
Drinking French red country wine, petting English cottage swines
But with your phone excepted no one to share it with

Well it took the longest time, it took the longest of times
But now I have you

Have you ever watched a moonbeam
Caressing the sheets in a summer night
Outlining the legs slowly pacing their dreams
While the curtains swell up in a spectre so bright?
And then the next morning starting up the old Volvo
Off to Palermo's catacombs following the Amalfi coast
Or to Chernobyl's power plant? Or the onsens of Japan
In a snowy Hokkaido? See it unrolling in slow-mo
Let's throw our phones in Etna's lava, offline we go together

Well It took the longest time, it took the longest of times
But now I have you