Four Blue Walls Lyrics - Duhks - Duhks

It was past her bedtime 

On a stormy night 

And she couldn't shut her eyes 

And she couldn't blow out the light 

So she gave up struggling 

And let the candle burn 

The hail knocked her window 

As her memories knocked in turn 

And her room had four blue walls 

They've been hers since she was small 

No sleep in sight 

Oh her father 

Is the only one 

Who pretends he can't remember 

What was done 

And her mother 

Can't find the strength 

To do anything at all but stand and pray 

In a room with four blue walls 

That were closing in together 

'Til they got so goddamn small 

That she had to brave the weather 

By herself 

So she went to the barroom 

And she picked a fight 

He told her she was looking for trouble 

And she said "that's right" 

She was looking for an eardrum 

So she beat him and she shoved 

'Til he couldn't quite resist her when she dragged him home for love 

To a room with four blue walls 

On a floor that's worn like leather 

And the shadows fell across them 

As she held their eyes together 

And they cried 

Would you be my ocean 

Won't you be the rain 

Can a kiss from you rinse another from my brain 

Can we wash these floorboards 

Can we wash these walls 

Can I close my eyes and sleep once and for all 

In a room with four blue walls 

Filled from floor to roof with water 

And a man who calmly calls her "darling dear" 

Not "darling daughter" 

She sleeps at last 

She sleeps at last 

And her room had four blue walls