The Libertine Lyrics - Patrick Wolf

The motorway won't take a horse 

The wanderer has found a course to follow 

The traveler unpacked his bags for the last time 

The troubadour cut off his hand and now he wants mine 

Oh no, not me 

The circus girl fell off her horse and now she's paralyzed 

The hitchhiker was bound and gagged, raped on the roadside 

The libertine is locked in jail 

The pirate sunk and broke his sail 

But I still have to go 

I've got to go, so here I go 

I'm going to run the risk of being free 

The magician's secrets all revealed 

And the preacher's lies are all concealed 

And all our heroes lack any conviction 

They shout through the bars of cliche and addiction 

So I've got to go 

I've got to go, so here I go 

I'm going to run the risk of being free 

And in this drought of truth and invention 

Whoever shouts the loudest gets the most attention 

So we pass the mic and they've got nothing to say except 

Bow down, bow down, bow down to your God 

Then we hit the floor and make ourselves and idol to bow before 

Well I can't and I wont 

Bow down anymore 

No more