[ti:Pioneer Bride ]
[ar:Matt the Electrician]
[al:It's a Beacon It's a Bell]
[00:22.520]When I built this town,
[00:26.030]Burned the old one down
[00:29.680]And covered myself with the ashes.
[00:35.590]I was head to foot
[00:39.300]All black with soot
[00:42.340]Waiting for the water to make me.
[00:52.890]And it rained and rained
[00:56.890]All the clouds could contain
[01:00.570]And the sound was thunder inside me.
[01:06.760]And I held my ground
[01:10.480]While the sky fell down,
[01:13.190]And my eyes could only stay open.
[01:22.200]Oh, be my pioneer bride.
[01:27.800]I know you'll be gone with the morning,
[01:33.580]But stay for now, while the sun has gone down
[01:38.730]And the night will be forever be turning.
[02:07.060]You came in on the breeze,
[02:11.620]Shook all the trees,
[02:15.400]Rattled the roots and foundations.
[02:21.090]And I changed all the locks,
[02:25.520]And piled the rocks,
[02:28.110]Tried to make sense of the signs.
[02:35.270]And I scoured the stones
[02:39.680]For fragments of bones
[02:43.550]For the graveyards of those gone before us.
[02:49.670]And I read all the stars that I collected in jars
[02:56.930]Waited for someone to save me.
[03:05.740]Oh, be my pioneer bride.
[03:11.440]I know you'll be gone with the morning,
[03:17.640]But stay for now, while the sun has gone down
[03:22.910]And the night will be forever be turning.
[03:52.720]You were crazy sometimes,
[03:57.400]Dirty and kind.
[04:01.380]I don't know how much I should trust you.
[04:07.470]But here in this place, I see only your face,
[04:15.540]And forever will have to be right now.