The Fool
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โฑ๏ธ 5:46 duration
๐ ID: 2498529
๐ Lyrics
I play the role of a fool
The townsfolk's fulcrum of ridicule
Oft to appear through prisming beer
To the newly arrived here
Not as I am, but how they prefer
I saw Ruth atop a dun Clydesdale
In a pilgrim's caravan
Queuing at the toll-house now and then
Revealed by a sheet of lightning
My heart stolen in a flash
Morning up, I went to their camp
A cross-eyed juvenile ushered me to the orchard
Where she lay sketching the spires of the college
And bade me welcome, as if we were old friends
Ruth and I were inseparable
Over the course of that haunted spring
Our midnight trysts unquietly twisted
The blade of our bodies in a wound
Made several hundred lifespans ago
At the end of a skull-lined avenue
In the almshouse catacombs
She looked me in the eye, and sadly sighed
"My darling, I don't want this to happen anymore"
Love is old, older than the sun
A dreadful magic, more powerful than evil
Love, love is old, older than the sun
The impossible engine of a hidden world
Down at the wharf, I watched them load
Their frightened animals aboard a waiting fly boat
I hurled my bottle of wine into its foamy wake
And made a promise I could never not break
Love is old, older than the sun
A dreadful magic, more powerful than evil
Love, love is old, older than the sun
Older than the sun, oh-ah-ah-ah
Love, love is old, ah-ah-ah-ah
Love, love is old, ah-ah-ah
Ah-ah-ah-ah-ah, ah-ah-ah
Love is old, love is old
Love, love is older, older than the sun
The townsfolk's fulcrum of ridicule
Oft to appear through prisming beer
To the newly arrived here
Not as I am, but how they prefer
I saw Ruth atop a dun Clydesdale
In a pilgrim's caravan
Queuing at the toll-house now and then
Revealed by a sheet of lightning
My heart stolen in a flash
Morning up, I went to their camp
A cross-eyed juvenile ushered me to the orchard
Where she lay sketching the spires of the college
And bade me welcome, as if we were old friends
Ruth and I were inseparable
Over the course of that haunted spring
Our midnight trysts unquietly twisted
The blade of our bodies in a wound
Made several hundred lifespans ago
At the end of a skull-lined avenue
In the almshouse catacombs
She looked me in the eye, and sadly sighed
"My darling, I don't want this to happen anymore"
Love is old, older than the sun
A dreadful magic, more powerful than evil
Love, love is old, older than the sun
The impossible engine of a hidden world
Down at the wharf, I watched them load
Their frightened animals aboard a waiting fly boat
I hurled my bottle of wine into its foamy wake
And made a promise I could never not break
Love is old, older than the sun
A dreadful magic, more powerful than evil
Love, love is old, older than the sun
Older than the sun, oh-ah-ah-ah
Love, love is old, ah-ah-ah-ah
Love, love is old, ah-ah-ah
Ah-ah-ah-ah-ah, ah-ah-ah
Love is old, love is old
Love, love is older, older than the sun
โฑ๏ธ Synced Lyrics
[00:32.08] I play the role of a fool
[00:36.34] The townsfolk's fulcrum of ridicule
[00:42.32] Oft to appear through prisming beer
[00:47.72] To the newly arrived here
[00:51.48] Not as I am, but how they prefer
[00:57.37] I saw Ruth atop a dun Clydesdale
[01:02.64] In a pilgrim's caravan
[01:06.06] Queuing at the toll-house now and then
[01:10.65] Revealed by a sheet of lightning
[01:15.64] My heart stolen in a flash
[01:22.30] Morning up, I went to their camp
[01:30.66] A cross-eyed juvenile ushered me to the orchard
[01:38.21] Where she lay sketching the spires of the college
[01:46.57] And bade me welcome, as if we were old friends
[01:54.13]
[02:24.63] Ruth and I were inseparable
[02:29.38] Over the course of that haunted spring
[02:35.21] Our midnight trysts unquietly twisted
[02:41.54] The blade of our bodies in a wound
[02:43.82] Made several hundred lifespans ago
[02:50.71] At the end of a skull-lined avenue
[02:55.86] In the almshouse catacombs
[02:59.76] She looked me in the eye, and sadly sighed
[03:05.85] "My darling, I don't want this to happen anymore"
[03:15.31] Love is old, older than the sun
[03:23.57] A dreadful magic, more powerful than evil
[03:31.02] Love, love is old, older than the sun
[03:39.39] The impossible engine of a hidden world
[03:48.13] Down at the wharf, I watched them load
[03:55.82] Their frightened animals aboard a waiting fly boat
[04:03.77] I hurled my bottle of wine into its foamy wake
[04:11.49] And made a promise I could never not break
[04:20.80] Love is old, older than the sun
[04:28.71] A dreadful magic, more powerful than evil
[04:36.03] Love, love is old, older than the sun
[04:43.83] Older than the sun, oh-ah-ah-ah
[04:51.40] Love, love is old, ah-ah-ah-ah
[04:59.19] Love, love is old, ah-ah-ah
[05:06.86] Ah-ah-ah-ah-ah, ah-ah-ah
[05:14.96] Love is old, love is old
[05:21.85] Love, love is older, older than the sun
[05:29.91]
[00:36.34] The townsfolk's fulcrum of ridicule
[00:42.32] Oft to appear through prisming beer
[00:47.72] To the newly arrived here
[00:51.48] Not as I am, but how they prefer
[00:57.37] I saw Ruth atop a dun Clydesdale
[01:02.64] In a pilgrim's caravan
[01:06.06] Queuing at the toll-house now and then
[01:10.65] Revealed by a sheet of lightning
[01:15.64] My heart stolen in a flash
[01:22.30] Morning up, I went to their camp
[01:30.66] A cross-eyed juvenile ushered me to the orchard
[01:38.21] Where she lay sketching the spires of the college
[01:46.57] And bade me welcome, as if we were old friends
[01:54.13]
[02:24.63] Ruth and I were inseparable
[02:29.38] Over the course of that haunted spring
[02:35.21] Our midnight trysts unquietly twisted
[02:41.54] The blade of our bodies in a wound
[02:43.82] Made several hundred lifespans ago
[02:50.71] At the end of a skull-lined avenue
[02:55.86] In the almshouse catacombs
[02:59.76] She looked me in the eye, and sadly sighed
[03:05.85] "My darling, I don't want this to happen anymore"
[03:15.31] Love is old, older than the sun
[03:23.57] A dreadful magic, more powerful than evil
[03:31.02] Love, love is old, older than the sun
[03:39.39] The impossible engine of a hidden world
[03:48.13] Down at the wharf, I watched them load
[03:55.82] Their frightened animals aboard a waiting fly boat
[04:03.77] I hurled my bottle of wine into its foamy wake
[04:11.49] And made a promise I could never not break
[04:20.80] Love is old, older than the sun
[04:28.71] A dreadful magic, more powerful than evil
[04:36.03] Love, love is old, older than the sun
[04:43.83] Older than the sun, oh-ah-ah-ah
[04:51.40] Love, love is old, ah-ah-ah-ah
[04:59.19] Love, love is old, ah-ah-ah
[05:06.86] Ah-ah-ah-ah-ah, ah-ah-ah
[05:14.96] Love is old, love is old
[05:21.85] Love, love is older, older than the sun
[05:29.91]