The Traitor Lyrics - Singles - Sea Wolf

Hyacinth lightning virgin 

Breathing in your ear 

She says you've gone and hurt her 

Turned her pure-white body clear 

Shiver through the open window 

The streetcars rumble by 

You long for your winter lady 

Not this stranger by your side 

Not this stranger by your side 

The morning air does compel you 

To float down the spiral stairs 

Spanish-blue stockings yawning 

And the ashes in the air 

Oh Captain, you ask yourself 

I miss her of the raven hair 

What future did you behold 

When you stole me away from there 

When you stole me away from there 

She of the bloom and frost 

Of cucumber and olive oil 

She of the spring I've lost 

To the song of the nightingale 

Well, the penitent man will be forgiven 

But the black-hearted will rot 

So oh golden king forgive me 

For not being what I'm not 

For not being what I'm not 

The captain says he won't answer 

From his throne of light and pearls 

Your grotesque, shrouded body 

That you loathe and you love 

Is just an accident only you can bear 

You're invisible and as wild as the sea 

And you hurt what you hold most dear 

You're the traitor, and you are me 

You're the traitor, and you are me 

You're the traitor, and you are me 

You're the traitor, and I am thee