Our Night's Pantoum (Remastered)

When you begged me to borrow down the moon, I pocketed it away for safekeeping. I would make the night ours forever So I challenged the sun in the West. I pocketed it away for safekeeping (Though it threatened to burn my trousers) — So I challenged the sun in the West And I flung its fire into the sea! Though it threatened to burn my trousers, My nighttime longing for you lapped me And I flung its fire into the sea Carried by a pale wind bound for the North. My nighttime longing for you lapped me, Like it was an unctuous ocean. Carried by a pale wind bound for the North I veered off-course and found myself South. Like it was an unctuous ocean, I paddled the blue-dark sky to the stars. I veered off-course and found myself South- Compelled to gather its foxtrot twinkles. I paddled the blue-dark sky to the stars Because I wanted to slay the night, Compelled to gather its foxtrot twinkles That might have graced your fickle glasz eyes. Because I wanted to slay the night, The last place to visit was the East: That might have graced your fickle glasz eyes — If you had chosen to sail beside me. The last place to visit was the East When you begged me to borrow down the moon. If you had chosen to sail beside me, I would make the night ours forever.