Sulkie - Are You Here? Lyrics

I've never met a man so quick to deraign
Who rips through the fabric when a thread's in pain
And storms like the sea
When the fortress is down
I've never met a man so much like stone
A voice in the corner with his guitar hold
Who when the moon came down to claim him
The foundation cracked and caved in
Are you here?
Are you still here?

The father of a flame
The son of our Lady
While your heart still beat
We were battle ready
But when you fell down blazing
We forgot that you were crazy
We reduced you to a saint
Burned your fire to ash
Got quiet like the psalms
Tongues slow like molasses
Just cried when we needed defending
We're sweet, complacent
In silence unending
So are you here?
Are you here?
Ah you're here

And through the ether here comes your wild
Here comes your songs through your child
And through the ether I hear your battle cry
Take her hand hold her near
Wipe away her endless fear
Show 'em "this house is mine
This house is mine"
And through the sky
I hear you say her name
Sending love sending righteous rage
"When we take 'em down we'll drown 'em slow
Until they know who wears that imagined crown
'Cause this house is mine"

When he said, "girl, run!"
Oh I tried to walk
Yeah I tried to hang back
Tried to do the waltz
Of a porcelain, plastered plaything
Not a creature dead in waiting
But now I can't no
Climb my way out of this
Hell's my home
My sword falls in melted bits
I don't know who I was
Before the devil laid low
And dragged me down to heaven below
So are you here?
Are you here to dig me out of here?

And through the ether here comes your wild
Here comes your songs to your child
And through the ether your unsealed battle cry
Take my hand hold me near
Wipe away my endless fear
Show 'em "this one is mine
This house is mine"
And through the sky
I hear you saying my name
Sending love, sending violent faith
"When we take them down just drown 'em slow
Until they know who wears that imagined crown
'Cause this house is mine"

Now he asks, "where's the thunder?"
Now he asks, "where's the wonder?
Of a child so sweet so pure so mine"
Now he asks, "where's the rain?
Pouring fierce through your pain?
Our love never yields
And my blood never feints"

And through the sky
(Through the sky there's a soft wind searching for a strong heart to come into view)
And through the sky
(Oh it's searching it's panning the horizon saying "you, it's you, it's you")
And through the sky
(Darling, she's here sir, Lord knows how much I've missed her)

The trench is clean
The dagger shines bright
It mirrors my eyes in the pale moonlight
And the white horse is braying
While I weep here softly praying
The time is overdue the battle not begun
I'm wordless as the witch that's already been hung
Decades in the ground will do that to your story
Keeping it still in safety and glory

But I'm still here
I'm still here
I am here
I am here