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Terrapin Station
Bombay Bicycle Club
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Let my inspiration flow in token rhyme
Suggesting rhythm
That will not forsake me
'Til my tale is told and done
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While the firelight's aglow, strange shadows
From the flames will grow
'Til things we've never seen will seem familiar
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Shadows of a sailor forming
Winds both foul and fair all swarm
Down in Carlisle, he loved a lady
Many years ago
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Here beside him stands a man
A soldier from the looks of him
Who came through many fights
But lost at love
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While the storyteller speaks
A door within the fire creaks
Suddenly flies open
And a girl is standing there
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Eyes alight with glowing hair
All that fancy paints as fair
She takes her fan and throws it
In the lion's den
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"Which of you to gain me, tell
Will risk uncertain pains of hell?
I will not forgive you
If you will not take the chance"
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The sailor gave at least a try
The soldier being much too wise
Strategy was his strength
And not disaster
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The sailor coming out again
The lady fairly leapt at him
That's how it stands today
You decide if he was wise
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The storyteller makes no choice
Soon you will not hear his voice
His job is to shed light
And not to master
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Since the end is never told
We pay the teller off in gold
In hopes, he will come back
But he cannot be bought or sold
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Inspiration, move me brightly
Light the song with sense and colour
Hold away despair
More than this I will not ask
Faced with mysteries dark and vast
Statements just seem vain at last
Some rise, some fall, some climb
To get to Terrapin
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Counting stars by candlelight
All are dim, but one is bright
The spiral light of Venus
Rising first and shining best
Oh, from the northwest corner
Of a brand-new crescent moon
Crickets and cicadas sing
A rare and different tune
Terrapin Station
In the shadow of the moon
Terrapin Station
And I know we'll be there soon
(Terrapin) I can't figure out
(Terrapin) if it's the end or beginning
(Terrapin) but the train's put its brakes on
(Terrapin) and the whistle is screaming: Terrapin
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While you were gone
These faces filled with darkness
The obvious was hidden
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With nothing to believe in
The compass always points to Terrapin
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Sullen wings of fortune beat like rain
You're back in Terrapin for good or ill again
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For good or ill again
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