No Match - Bonnie "Prince" Billy

I’m no match for honest men

And I am no match for liars

I’m no match for those who have given up

When they are feeling tired

Can’t put me up against the man

Who lets his fate just be

I’m no match for those who love the Lord

And they are no match for me

I’ve been a long time finding out

Oh, where I don’t belong

And it’s hard to say it’s not escape

When I’m hanging right here in sorrow

Well, I love my dreams, God knows I do

And there’s some of them, all of me

And there’s raging through waking life will prove

Loving dreams keeps one youthful and free

Good god guides us, bad god leaves us

Good sea hides us, good earth gives

And good love fills us, bad love bleeds us

And bad fire kills us all, let me live

Honesty is a hindrance

When you want to be what’s true

You can be a match for me

I’ll be a match for you

I’ll stand here and shout it down

And the ripple with the stream

Surrounded by such violent light

Showering over this wild refrain

The road of earth, the patch of time

As bad god leaves us free

Well, age may be a match for you

But it’s no match for me