Turn Back the Clocks

Take a breath, fall asleep
Listen to my words, they're yours to keep
Don't make a sound, no one can hear you
We're out here alone, there's nothing near
You know me, I hide in quiet streets
I'm your name when you give it to the strangers that you meet
Don't play with me, I know where you've come from
Let's sit forever until the grass makes our fingers numb

You think you're different but you're just like them, my friend
Turn back the clocks but even summer has to end
Oh, sing for me the way I know you can
It's in your nature, you just need a helping hand

It's always the same, be it fiddle or guitar
You come like honeybees flying to an open jam jar
Under these hills, who knows what secrets hide?
Under my fingers, you'll never even try to leave
They're getting worried but you would never know
Posters and billboards for the missing kid from Glasgow
Will they ever find you here? Well, no-one has before
You'll be singing for the fair folk until the seas divorce the shore

You think I'm different but I'm just like them, my friend
Turn back the clocks, but even summer has to end
I'll sing for you the way I know I can
It's in my nature, I don't need a helping hand

Take me for a fool, fine, I will take you as my queen
You know it's human nature to be selfish and mean
How naive I was to think that we could coexist
A creature and a hero in anachronistic bliss
The dice were cast against me but it's better off this way
I'll throw away the photographs and scream into the bay
Maybe one day you'll look back, realise I was being fair
Wipe the blood from off your face
Take the forget-me-nots out of your hair

I thought we were different and you just let me pretend
Turn back the clocks, I don't want this summer to end
I'll sing for you, one final time
I'll take your name; I doubt that you'll even remember mine