Even Gods Do - Thea Gilmore

When she comes with a ghost of a smile

And she roams through his eyes for a while

Days turn as empty ground somewhere

Bring the gods, line ‘em up one by one

Turn the coin, sound the fife and the drum

Break it down until kingdom comes back here

There’s a rise, there’s a fall

Where the light hits the wall

Spins a shadow

There’s a rise, there’s a fall

Where the light hits the wall

Spins a…

Cut him down from that old poplar tree

Break the cord while he’s looking at me

There’s a cold wind blowing down through the meadow

And he’s the dark where the day has been bleeding

The ink this page has been needing

You close that wood but it still casts a shadow

There’s a rise, there’s a fall

Where the light hits the wall

Spins a shadow

There’s a rise, there’s a fall

Where the light hits the wall

Spins a…

Even gods do

Even gods

(There's a rise, there’s a fall)

Even gods do

Even gods

(There's a rise, there’s a fall)

There’s a rise, there’s a fall

Where the light hits the wall

Spins a shadow

There’s a rise, there’s a fall

Where the light hits the wall

Spins a…