The Landlord Lyrics - Johnny Flynn

I met the landlord, I kept my soul 

And in of a man he was ashen and coal 

Spoke quick, confusing, burdened me up 

Left me for hollow when he'd had his sup 

I bore all his load til the day that we met 

And one glimpse of you bent the load from my fret 

To my frown, to my stern, and then rocking me by 

And a game and a cheer, on the earth, in the sky 

So said I to the landlord 

I'll not see thee here 

and I'll wait for his answer 

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Til the load wasn't there and it never had been 

And all was before was so distant a dream 

Til I saw in my friend what had once been my foe 

And the terrible landlord had all in his tow 

In his wake and the call of his burning black ship 

And the wind it was blown from his proud blackened lips 

And I with my bellows cast clouds through the sky 

So that his awful flames, they might moisten and die. 

And then I with a light shone on that which was there 

As in light I did nothing, as in days I did fare 

And so days in my ear and days all around 

Proving death to the landlord and all he abounds 

And the night she shone too until all that was now 

Had been hoisted for viewing in all of the crowd 

I was glad in the light that crept twixt new and old 

and then polished with all, and so tender so bold 

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So said I to the landlord 

I'll not see thee here 

And I'll wait for his answer 

So meek in that moment, thee in error til all 

Of my friends and their friends saw in joy their loads fall 

They fell in they fell out they fell near they fell far 

They gave all in a shout and put all to the stars 

Lifting them as one load, such a burdensome thing 

Troubling nothing that lives now, no and nothing it seems 

Nothing that dances, nothing that's moved 

In the old spinning circle of all that we proved 

So said I to the landlord 

I'll not see thee here 

And I'll wait for his answer 

So said I to the landlord 

I'll not see thee here 

And I'll wait for his answer 

Though I've waited for years.