We met in the east
Poured in like a flood
You're the whispering kind 
Dark sapphire blood
You're a vision of veils 
All shimmery white
Like a backdrop of sails 
All aglow from the light
Of the wonder behind 
At a starry night

In the mountain's song 
In the blue jay's call
My heartbeat flows 
In crystal water falls
You were so beautiful 
In your elegant bed
You'd have my blues 
For your Nantucket reds
I'd wait in the dark
Balanced on a thread
So I'd wait in the dark
Balanced on this thread

And under the church-light
You stand there 
With your wicked blood and your curls
Yeah, under the church-light 
You stand there 
In your fur and your pearls
These lines were here 
Long before we came around
Yeah, these lines were here
And there's an ember in the rafters 
And it's going to bring this whole thing down

In the neon mist 
I heard you breathe
An exquisite sound 
Some secret symphony
Your silken skin 
My fingers rough
In the midnight dim 
We went home and touched
Beneath the chandeliers 
And your Persian's dust
Beneath your chandeliers 
And your Persian's dust

And under the church-light
You stand there 
With your wicked blood and your curls
Yeah, under the church-light 
You stand there 
In your fur and your pearls
These lines were here 
Long before we came around
Yeah, these lines were here
And there's an ember in the rafters 
And it's going to bring this whole thing down