Bang Your Drum - Wolf Parade

The dying light

Was nearly dead

By the time we reached the water’s edge

We saw the river beating on the riverbank

For the way that it held every hard riverbed

It’s cold, it’s dirt, it’s not for people with uneasy hearts

But if you’re with me on the other side

Strike up the band, we have survived

Oh do they beat that drum to get you back home

Or do they beat it to keep you away

Don’t be surprised at your regrets

Don’t be surprised that the water made you wet

There’s a shallow down river when the water will forgive you

Soft skin, your lukewarm beds

Follow me, follow me

Allow me to play the voyager

I’ll try to keep you as dry as the hollowed out tree that you would be wrapped

in

Another man’s first

So take a dive

Take a dive

Take it out on the stepping stones that make the water rise

So take a dive

Oh take a dive

Take that hair

Out of your downed eyes

While the waves are rain

And the sun yellow pane

Do they beat the drum to get you back home

Or do they beat it to keep you away

Will you burn your bridges down

Singing la, la, la, la, la, la, la (x2)

Will you bang your drum to the blazing sound

Singing la, la, la, la, la, la, la

Will you turn away?

How can you turn away?