Night Noises Lyrics - Singer's Grave/a Sea Of Tongues - Bonnie Prince Billy

Night noises are my noises 

And soiled doves are my birds 

Lost mornings just start my days 

And questions rule my words 

Shame is in the trunk 

It must be somewhere out of sight 

And I drink without economy 

When I go out into the night 

There was a man I looked to 

Last I heard, he'd sailed away 

Made home down in south Florida 

But I don't think he's there today 

The only one I've known 

To give me comfort, oh 

And fear all at once 

While keeping tools of inspiration near 

He taught me to make big thoughts small 

And stay ruled by human hunger 

Weakness we should celebrate 

Not let others drag you under 

Nobility ain't much to ask 

To find coming ever clearer 

If a man can keep to task 

When looking in the mirror