Tinder Sticks Lyrics

Oh, I'm waiting as she endlessly gets dressed

She'll carefully collect the tinder in neat stacks

And Oh, this time is different to the last

Some cruel deity miscast this strange fool as her beloved moons ago

I think I'm out of time

As the strained tune of flamed kindling serenades this grateful home

But this time the fire will burn

And keep her warm 'til I return again

Oh darling

I was a shivering bag of bones

'Til she fixed the twigs and coals

And rid me of the cold

Oh lover

I watch the embers glow

Then take her to the show to see the nervous clown frozen as a lake

I think it's parody

And the old reel keeps turning in a coiled, repeated state

But this time the fire will burn

And keep her warm 'til I return again

Oh darling

I kissed her generous lips

We sliced the tinder sticks and fed the hearth with flint