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Even the Darkness Has Arms Lyrics by The Barr Brothers

Sleeping Operator

2014

[Verse 1]
I was holding my breath
When the tightrope walker slipped into the moon glow
Saying all my children, follow me
Maybe it's time to go
[Refrain]
You can be chrome when you're wise
Can be wise when you're blue
And baby, if I have
Then I have for you
[Verse 2]
Bribing the jury to keep me in jail
Singing "Tea for the Tillerman"
And although I lie fantastically
I swore an oath on my history, it's a miracle I can see
[Refrain]
You can be wrong when you're right
Even when you're right on cue
And if I die tonight
Then I die for you
[Verse 3]
Calling on those that call me son
Great grandson and grandson
Great uncles, aunts, and relatives
To judge what I have done
[Refrain]
Gonna make it right by you
Even if it's all I do
And if it's all I do
Then I do it for you
[Pre-Chorus]
People will raise a whole lotta hell
About the water and the windmill
And although I stab Quixotically
It hurts no one but me
Even the darkness has arms
But it ain't got you
And baby, I have it
And I have you too
[Chorus]
And the light in the window
To pass the night through
Maybe so uncertain
But what can I do?
Keepin' it on, keepin' it on
And I know I like it
But what does that prove?
Sometimes I worry I don't know how to love you
[Instrumental Break]
[Verse 5]
I bring to you with reverent hands
All the books that my love abides
Kind woman that my passion wore
Like the shoreline wears the tides
[Refrain]
Maybe the water went dry
Keeping an eye on you
And with an eye on you
It could drown me too
[Pre-Chorus]
People will raise a whole lotta hell
About the water and the windmill
And although I stab Quixotically
I swore an oath on my history, it's a miracle I can see
Even the darkness has arms
But they ain't got you
Baby, I have it
And I have you, too
[Chorus]
And the light in the window
To pass the night through
Maybe so uncertain
But what can I do?
Keepin' it on, keepin' it on
And I know I like it
But what does that prove?
Sometimes I worry I don't know how to love you
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The Barr Brothers

The Barr Brothers

About “Even the Darkness Has Arms” by The Barr Brothers

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"Even the Darkness Has Arms" appears on "Sleeping Operator" in 2014.

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