All the towers of ivory are crumbling
And the swallows have sharpened their beaks

This is the time of our great undoing
This is the time that I´ll come running

Straight to you, for I am captured
Straight to you, for I am captured
One more time

Now the light in our window is fading
The candle gutters on the ledge

Well now sorrow, it comes a-stealing
And I´ll cry, girl, but I´ll come a-running

Straight to you, for I am captured
Straight to you, for I am captured
Once again

Gone are the days of rainbows
And gone are the nights of swinging from the stars

[Pre-Chorus 3]
For the sea will swallow up the mountains
And the sky will throw thunder-bolts and sparks

Straight at you, but I´ll come a-running
Straight to you, but I´ll come a-running
One more time

Now heaven has denied us its kingdom
And the saints they´re all drunk howling at the moon

[Pre-Chorus 4]
And the chariots of angels are colliding
Well, I´ll run, babe, but I´ll come running

Straight to you, for I am captured

Straight to you, for I am captured
One more time