We met in the East
Poured in like a flood
You're the whispering kind
Dark sapphire blood
A vision of veils
All shimmery white
Like a backdrop of sails
All aglow from the light
Of the wonder behind
At a starry night

In the mountain's song
And the blue jay's call
My heartbeat flows
In crystal waterfalls
You were so beautiful
In your elegant bed
You'd have my blues
For your Nantucket reds
I'd wait in the dark
Balanced on a thread
So, I'd wait in the dark
Balanced on this thread

And under the church-light
You stand there
With your wicked blood and your curls
Yeah, under the church-light
You stand there
In your fur and your pearls
These lines were here
Long before we came around
Yeah, these lines were here
And there's an ember in the rafters
And it's going to bring this whole thing down

In the neon mist
I heard you breathe
An exquisite sound
Some secret symphony
Your silken skin
My fingers rough
In the midnight din
We went home and touched
Beneath the chandeliers
In your Persian's dust
Beneath your chandeliers
In your Persian's dust

And under the church-light
You stand there
With your wicked blood and your curls
Yeah, under the church-light
You stand there
In your fur and your pearls
These lines were here
Long before we came around
Yeah, these lines were here
And there's an ember in the rafters
An ember in the rafters
There's an ember in the rafters
An ember in the rafters
There's an ember in the rafters
An ember in the rafters
There's an ember in the rafters
An ember in the rafters
Yeah, there's an ember in the rafters
An ember in the rafters
There's an ember in the rafters
An ember in the rafters
And there's an ember in the rafters
And it's going to bring this whole thing down