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Lille by Lisa Hannigan

He (1)________ to sea for the day
He (2)____________ to (3)________ what to say
When he's (4)__________ what he'd done
In the past to someone
That he (5)__________ 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 (6)________ in the charms
That I love durably
Now it's dead and (7)________ and I am free

I went to sleep for the daytime
I shut my eyes to the sunshine
Turned my head away from the noise
Bruise and drip decay of (8)________________ toys
That I loved arguably
All our labouring gone to seed

We went out to play for the evening
We wanted to (9)________ on to the feeling
And the stretch in the sun
And our breathlessness as we run
To the beach endlessly
As the sun creeps up on the sea

Answers:
(1) went(2) wanted(3) know(4) asked(5) loves(6) read(7) gone(8) childish(9) hold