[Verse 1] You turned the card beneath the kitchen lamp, A silver path ran through the painted marsh. Two pale towers watched the waterline, A red dog barked at something out of sight. [Pre-Chorus] You said, “Don’t name what swims below.” I felt the floorboards answer slow. [Chorus] The Moon says, take the long way home, Past the gate and the bramble throne. If the road bends twice, let it bend; You’ll know your face when the night lets in. [Verse 2] A crayfish lifted one bright claw, The pond held still beneath its jaw. Your pocket watch forgot its hands, While footprints filled with grains of sand. [Pre-Chorus] You said, “Don’t trust the first clear view.” The painted path kept leading through. [Chorus] The Moon says, take the long way home, Past the gate and the bramble throne. If the road bends twice, let it bend; You’ll know your face when the night lets in. [Instrumental Break] [Bridge] I woke with mud upon my shoes, A map folded under my tongue. You laughed and asked what I had seen— I said, “A door I haven’t opened.” [Final Chorus] The Moon says, take the long way home, Past the gate and the bramble throne. If the road bends twice, let it bend; You’ll know your face when the night lets in. [Outro] You turned the card; the lamp burned low. The water kept what we don’t know.
