Shelter From The Storm - Live Edit

Song Shelter From The Storm - Live Edit
Artist The Mission UK
Album The First Chapter

Lyrics

[00:25.48] 'Twas in another lifetime, one of toil and blood
[00:30.13] When blackness was a virtue and the road was full of mud
[00:34.63] I come in from the wilderness, a creature void of form.
[00:38.96] "Come in," she said,
[00:40.82] "I'll give you shelter from the storm."
[00:47.31] And if I pass this way again, you can rest assured
[00:51.49] I'll always do my best for her, on that I give my word
[00:55.61] In a world of steel-eyed death, and men who are fighting to be warm.
[00:59.99] "Come in," she said,
[01:01.13] "I'll give you shelter from the storm."
[01:09.19] Not a word was spoke between us, there was no risk involved
[01:13.76] Nothing up to that point had even been resolved.
[01:18.11] Try imagining a place where it's always safe and warm.
[01:22.15] "Come in," she said,
[01:23.25] "I'll give you shelter from the storm."
[01:34.51] I was burned out from exhaustion, buried in the hail,
[01:39.21] Poisoned in the bushes an' blown out on the trail,
[01:44.22] Hunted like a crocodile, ravaged in the corn.
[01:47.64] "Come in," she said,
[01:48.65] "I'll give you shelter from the storm."
[02:00.22] Suddenly I turned around and she was standin' there
[02:04.33] With silver bracelets on her wrists and flowers in her hair.
[02:08.52] She walked up to me so gracefully and took my crown of thorns.
[02:13.05] "Come in," she said,
[02:14.04] "I'll give you shelter from the storm."
[02:38.64] Now the bonds are broken, but they can be retied,
[02:42.73] by one more journey to the woods, the holes where spirits hide.
[02:46.74] It's a never ending battle for a peace that's always torn
[02:51.24] "Come in," she said,
[02:52.91] "I'll give you shelter from the storm."
[03:04.53] Well, the deputy walks on hard nails and the preacher rides a mount
[03:09.03] But nothing really matters much, it's doom alone that counts
[03:13.03] And the one-eyed undertaker, he blows a futile horn.
[03:17.25] "Come in," she said,
[03:18.75] "I'll give you shelter from the storm."
[03:29.62] I've heard newborn babies cryin' like a moanin' dove
[03:33.29] And old men with broken teeth stranded without love.
[03:37.94] Do I understand your question, man, is it hopeless and forlorn?
[03:41.83] "Come in," she said,
[03:43.62] "I'll give you shelter from the storm."
[04:04.10] And now there’s a wall between us, something else been lost
[04:08.44] I took too much for granted, I got my signals crossed.
[04:15.31] And just to think it all began on an uneventful morn,
[04:16.91] "Come in," she said,
[04:18.17] "I'll give you shelter from the storm."
[04:28.94] In a little hilltop village, they gambled for my clothes
[04:33.10] I bargained for salvation an' she give me a lethal dose.
[04:37.47] I offered up my innocence and got repaid with scorn.
[04:41.36] "Come in," she said,
[04:42.70] "I'll give you shelter from the storm."
[05:03.47] Well, I'm livin' in a foreign country but I'm bound to cross the line
[05:08.09] Beauty walks on a razor's edge, someday I'll make it mine.
[05:11.89] If I could only turn back the clock to when God and her were born,
[05:16.04] "Come in," she said,
[05:17.18] "I'll give you shelter from the storm."

Pinyin

[00:25.48] ' Twas in another lifetime, one of toil and blood
[00:30.13] When blackness was a virtue and the road was full of mud
[00:34.63] I come in from the wilderness, a creature void of form.
[00:38.96] " Come in," she said,
[00:40.82] " I' ll give you shelter from the storm."
[00:47.31] And if I pass this way again, you can rest assured
[00:51.49] I' ll always do my best for her, on that I give my word
[00:55.61] In a world of steeleyed death, and men who are fighting to be warm.
[00:59.99] " Come in," she said,
[01:01.13] " I' ll give you shelter from the storm."
[01:09.19] Not a word was spoke between us, there was no risk involved
[01:13.76] Nothing up to that point had even been resolved.
[01:18.11] Try imagining a place where it' s always safe and warm.
[01:22.15] " Come in," she said,
[01:23.25] " I' ll give you shelter from the storm."
[01:34.51] I was burned out from exhaustion, buried in the hail,
[01:39.21] Poisoned in the bushes an' blown out on the trail,
[01:44.22] Hunted like a crocodile, ravaged in the corn.
[01:47.64] " Come in," she said,
[01:48.65] " I' ll give you shelter from the storm."
[02:00.22] Suddenly I turned around and she was standin' there
[02:04.33] With silver bracelets on her wrists and flowers in her hair.
[02:08.52] She walked up to me so gracefully and took my crown of thorns.
[02:13.05] " Come in," she said,
[02:14.04] " I' ll give you shelter from the storm."
[02:38.64] Now the bonds are broken, but they can be retied,
[02:42.73] by one more journey to the woods, the holes where spirits hide.
[02:46.74] It' s a never ending battle for a peace that' s always torn
[02:51.24] " Come in," she said,
[02:52.91] " I' ll give you shelter from the storm."
[03:04.53] Well, the deputy walks on hard nails and the preacher rides a mount
[03:09.03] But nothing really matters much, it' s doom alone that counts
[03:13.03] And the oneeyed undertaker, he blows a futile horn.
[03:17.25] " Come in," she said,
[03:18.75] " I' ll give you shelter from the storm."
[03:29.62] I' ve heard newborn babies cryin' like a moanin' dove
[03:33.29] And old men with broken teeth stranded without love.
[03:37.94] Do I understand your question, man, is it hopeless and forlorn?
[03:41.83] " Come in," she said,
[03:43.62] " I' ll give you shelter from the storm."
[04:04.10] And now there' s a wall between us, something else been lost
[04:08.44] I took too much for granted, I got my signals crossed.
[04:15.31] And just to think it all began on an uneventful morn,
[04:16.91] " Come in," she said,
[04:18.17] " I' ll give you shelter from the storm."
[04:28.94] In a little hilltop village, they gambled for my clothes
[04:33.10] I bargained for salvation an' she give me a lethal dose.
[04:37.47] I offered up my innocence and got repaid with scorn.
[04:41.36] " Come in," she said,
[04:42.70] " I' ll give you shelter from the storm."
[05:03.47] Well, I' m livin' in a foreign country but I' m bound to cross the line
[05:08.09] Beauty walks on a razor' s edge, someday I' ll make it mine.
[05:11.89] If I could only turn back the clock to when God and her were born,
[05:16.04] " Come in," she said,
[05:17.18] " I' ll give you shelter from the storm."