Lyrics

Wait Out the Storm

Kicking up the mulch of leaves
My wellies get so muddy
The dog’s wet coat is everywhere
We’re chasing rooks and pigeons

Back home I poke the fireplace
A stew is bubbling lazily
The chimney’s howling, drowning out
The crackle of an old LP

INTERMEZZO

And we will… (CHORUS)
Wait out the storm
Stay close tonight
Wait out the storm
Stay close tonight

On the square behind the house
Beneath the sky I’d hide
The door open wide but mother cried
A scream, a roar came from inside

The place I left so far behind
Some seven lives ago
Is it still there? Who lives there now?
Have they died? I don’t know

Just… (CHORUS)

The farmland I bought, decades on,
Was such a lonely place
The shrieking wind would scratch my jeans
The sand would blast my face

It was a wild, remote idea
To flee my childhood home
I was all alone, with a piercing tone
Through the static on my phone

INTERMEZZO

So nowadays I’m all at sea
No pets, no records, nothing that
Reminds of what used to be
My home, my world, my safety net

A violin is all I’ve kept
And through it runs a crack
This tells me it’s been plenty years
And they’re not coming back

So… (CHORUS)

So shall I wait out the storm?
Stay put tonight?
Wait out the storm?
Or venture outside?