Lille by Lisa Hannigan

He went to sea for the day
He wanted to (1)________ what to say
When he's asked what he'd done
In the past to someone
That he (2)__________ endlessly
Now she's gone, so is he
I went to war every morning
I lost my way but now I'm following
What you said in my arms
What I read in the charms
That I love durably
Now it's dead and (3)________ and I am free

I (4)________ to sleep for the daytime
I shut my eyes to the sunshine
Turned my head away from the noise
Bruise and (5)________ decay of (6)________________ toys
That I loved arguably
All our labouring gone to seed

We (7)________ out to play for the evening
We (8)____________ to hold on to the feeling
And the stretch in the sun
And our breathlessness as we run
To the (9)__________ endlessly
As the sun creeps up on the sea

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