[Verse 1] They call you Lullaby Black coat, pale eyes You came on horse-hooves Through the ash and wire One touch, and the warm things Go still in the mouth One look, and the heartbeats Start backing out [Pre-Chorus] You smile like a cut In a church door frame Mothers forget names Lovers forget flames You lean in close And the whole room bends Every sweet promise Comes apart at the ends [Chorus] Lullaby, Oh Lullaby You ride in and break it all Lullaby, sweet Lullaby Love falls down like a hollow wall No one wants nobody No one wants themselves Lullaby, Oh Lullaby You leave a world of empty wells [Verse 2] A woman leaves her baby At the curbside gate Men and women Fall out of love with fate Boys in their clean shirts Stare at their own hands Saying, "What is this feeling?" It slips away like sand [Pre-Chorus] You smile like a cut In a church door frame Mothers forget names Lovers forget flames You lean in close And the whole room bends Every sweet promise Comes apart at the ends [Chorus] Lullaby, Oh Lullaby You ride in and break it all Lullaby, sweet Lullaby Love falls down like a hollow wall No one wants nobody No one wants themselves Lullaby, Oh Lullaby You leave a world of empty wells [Bridge] Unknown horseman With a woman’s face You put out the hunger Then you erase The hand on the shoulder The kiss in the rain Now every heart Just tastes like rain [Final Chorus] Lullaby, Oh Lullaby You ride in and break it all Lullaby, sweet Lullaby Love falls down like a hollow wall No one wants nobody No one wants themselves Lullaby, Oh Lullaby You leave a world of empty wells Lullaby, dear Lullaby Nobody answers when you call
