There's a full moon over this ancient town

A clock faced the color of the sky

And every street that we walk down

Belongs to the house where my father died

[00:-1.00]

Where prisoners march in luck step with each other

Reavers test the limit of their reign

Dragging their dead weight from the other

While I claim my place, center stage

[00:-1.00]

I've been thrown by the thrashing of his going

Chained to his unseen stride

I've walked in luck step without knowing

My indifference, my only disguise

[00:-1.00]

Now it comes through me like an injection

Anonymous pain throbbing real inside

And every pulse in my body

Belongs to the house where my father died

[00:-1.00]

Won't catch his spirit in a candle

On or alive in it's guttering glow

And death comes through these streets like a scandal

Bent up and beaten, oh, a bitter body blow

[00:-1.00]

And in bars and shaded back rooms

Those who can't cope just get high

But every place this drink takes me to

Belongs to the house, where my father died

[00:-1.00]

And there's a full moon over this ancient town

Head lights numb the banner of the sky

Rain rages the steadings and the open ground

And I'm a child fighting shadows with tears in my eyes

[00:-1.00]

And the valley cannons and thunder

Trees blow beneath the bruising of the sky

Like centuries shield the lake from my wonder

And I'm as helpless as a child hiding from life

[00:-1.00]

And the face from my mind is fading

I count the wounds for the very first time

Tonight there's gonna be a reckoning

I'm entering the house where my father died

[00:-1.00]