Amongst the Ruins (Death of the West Version)

Here we stand, stand here like trees in winter
All our dreams will melt like the snow
Unknown, unfelt by the herd below
But they say that love will co...

And the sun goes over the woods
There was a sister and her brother
Who loved one another
Sister, we'll gang tae the broom
O sister I would lay thee do...

Run laughing towards the serpent's jaws, where England meets the sea
Breathe in the old dreams of the dead that travel on the winds
A taste of salt, o...

God made me Heavens, the Sea, the
Earth.
And from the dust - the dust of Earth -
Both man and woman in His iamge made.
When Adam was by Eve deceived,
...

We hung upon a hook, cut me to the bone
Froze me with a kiss, laid upon your throne
In the abattoirs of love
In the abattoirs of love
You're in the se...

We cheat on our friends with rhyme and reason
As surely as the leaves change with the seasons
For love or money, or sometimes both
In the garden, in t...

The days fall like rain, on we fools and thieves
I stand at the cliff's edge, mocked by the sea
The memories of lost loves, or that never will be
With...

Join the march  to god knows where
Or  step aside  and stand and stare
Hum a melody  to the four winds
As life  draws maps  upon your skin
Peacocks we...

Here we go again: the same old lies again
The empty words again, the pigs can fly again
From Wall Street to your heart
Neon Hollywood lights the dark,...