[Verse 1] You left your gloves beside the chapel door Black wool, damp cuffs, a little bit of June I kept the key you said you needed no more And wore it like a warning through the room The groundsman chains the iron gate at ten You smile as if the rules were made for us I count the names beneath the crooked men You count the ways to turn restraint to lust [Pre-Chorus] Down goes the bell Down goes the flame One step nearer Say my name [Chorus] Come closer, darling, let the graveyard stare Your cold hand fits too easily in mine Come closer, darling, leave your mercy there We make a beautiful mistake in time [Verse 2] A moth is beating softly at the glass The organ coughs beneath the ruined nave You ask me how long wicked things can last I tell you, long enough to learn the shape Your lipstick stains the edge of my cigarette You never liked the taste, but liked the dare There are some debts a body won’t forget There are some prayers that sound like empty air [Pre-Chorus] Down goes the bell Down goes the flame One step nearer Say my name [Chorus] Come closer, darling, let the graveyard stare Your cold hand fits too easily in mine Come closer, darling, leave your mercy there We make a beautiful mistake in time [Bridge] Don’t move The stones are listening Don’t speak Your pulse gives everything If morning comes Let it find us here With every little fear Still warm between our teeth [Final Chorus] Come closer, darling, let the graveyard stare Your cold hand fits too easily in mine Come closer, darling, leave your mercy there We make a beautiful mistake in time Come closer, darling, let the whole world wait No saint can pull us from this tender crime Come closer, darling, seal the iron gate And make your ruin indistinguishable from mine [Outro] The organ fades behind the stone One note remains, then nothing moves Two slow knocks beneath the dust And I still have your gloves
