Curses Lyrics - The Crane Wives

There's a fire in my brain and I'm burning up, 

Oh my, oh my. 

Keep running for the sink but the well is dry, 

Oh my, oh my. 

Every word I say is kindling 

But the smoke clears when you're around. 

Won't you stay with me, my darling, 

When my walls start burning down, down, down 

This house says my name like an elegy, 

Oh my, oh my, 

Echoing where my ghosts all used to be, 

Oh my, oh my. 

There's still cobwebs in the corners 

And the backyard's full of bones 

Won't you stay with me, my darling, 

When this house don't feel like home 

When this house don't feel like home 

Oh, ashes, ashes, dust to dust-- 

The devil's after both of us. 

Oh, lay my curses all to rest 

And make a mercy out of me 

This tired old machine is a' rumbling, 

Oh my, oh my, 

Singing songs to the secrets behind my eye, 

Oh my, oh my. 

All my aching bones are trembling 

And I may yet fall apart 

Won't you stay with me, my darling, 

When the war starts in my heart, 

When the war starts in my heart 

Oh, ashes, ashes, dust to dust-- 

The devil's after both of us. 

Oh, lay my curses all to rest 

And make a mercy out of me. 

Oh, ashes, ashes, dust to dust-- 

Tell me I am good enough. 

Oh, lay my curses all to rest 

And make a mercy out of...