18 ContributorsDevereaux Lyrics

[Verse 1: Devereaux]

I never questioned the call of the father to his next of kin

Pull me out of the fire, tell me you love me

And throw me back in

If I could ask for mercy

If I could give up this life of sin

The only one I've ever known

Visit my parents and then go back home

[Verse 2: Devereaux]

Been scanning the stations

Searching for a song to fall back in love

Came across one that shook me so sweetly when I was young

Before I was rusted as this car

[Pre-Chorus 1: Devereaux]

Before the bitter moss consumed thе brighter spots of a hopeful past

Is it too much to ask for something that will last?

[Chorus 1: Devereaux]

Dеvereaux

I always heard as my granddad’s name

The first time that I felt its weight I cried and I said

Devereaux

In the space between here and you

There's a kid who don't know what to do

He waits in the silence to hear

[Bridge: Devereaux & Fathers]

And inside of the tent, they're turning animals to men

Here's a heart for guilt, here's a mind to think again

Out of my garden! Out of my life!

I wasn't born to be this, I was born to fight dragons

With a cowl on my face

With an auspicious birthday

Out of my garden! Out of my life!

[Verse 3: Devereaux]

Riverrun to the country

I sail in a basket down the tides and wait

For some gentle face to come peering down

Through the wicker frame

I think of my mother and her voice

The dishes that she made

[Pre-Chorus 2: Devereaux]

It's too late to hope that the one who finds me now

Will know her song and speak it out loud

And she sang

[Chorus 2: Devereaux's Mother]

Devereaux!

We all come from a long, long line

Today you're walking here side by side with me and mine

Oh, Devereaux!

I always heard as my own dad's name

The first time that I saw you take it, I cried and I said

Devereaux!

In the land beyond me and you

A bunch of kids who don't know what to do

We wait in the silence to hear

[Outro: Devereaux's Mother]

Devereaux, we all wait in the silence

Devereaux, we all wait in the silence