Violet Hill

Was a long and dark December
From the rooftops I remember
There was snow
White snow.

Clearly I remember
From the windows they were watching
While we froze down below.

When the future's architectured
By a carnival of idiots on show
You'd better lie low.

If you love me
Won't you let me know?

Was a long and dark December
When the banks became cathedrals
And a fox became God.

Priests clutched onto bibles
Hollowed out to fit their rifles
And the cross was held aloft.

Bury me in honor
When I'm dead and hit the ground
A love back home it unfolds.

If you love me
Won't you let me know?

I don't want to be a soldier
Who the captain of some sinking ship
Would stow, far below.

So if you love me
Why'd you let me go?

I took my love down to violet hill
There we sat in snow
All that time she was silent still.

So if you love me
Won't you let me know?

If you love me,
Won't you let me know?