Shadow of Manhattan
from Laugh Like a Bandit/Love Like a Thief by Dialectic
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lyrics
the place was empty
she knew my name
i kissed her shoulder
she smiled like rain
i wrapped her in flannel
and opened the sky
i became her secret
the reason that she cries
the first frost of the season is a whisper on the wind
like the rumor of her breath on my skin
i'm in the shadow of manhattan
her words, an orchard
an offer, a caress
her touch like almonds
like silence, like breath
we swam in the bay where she was born
caught in the current, i nearly drowned
she pulled me out and kissed my shoulder
i could only watch as she faded into sound
now the first frost of the season is a whisper on the wind
like the rumor of her breath on my skin
i'm in the shadow of manhattan
don't tell her that you saw me
don't mention me at all
winter's on the air now
there's no use thiking about the fall
i'm in the distant
in silent promise not to call
she has already washed
my mark from her wall
she knew my name
i kissed her shoulder
she smiled like rain
i wrapped her in flannel
and opened the sky
i became her secret
the reason that she cries
the first frost of the season is a whisper on the wind
like the rumor of her breath on my skin
i'm in the shadow of manhattan
her words, an orchard
an offer, a caress
her touch like almonds
like silence, like breath
we swam in the bay where she was born
caught in the current, i nearly drowned
she pulled me out and kissed my shoulder
i could only watch as she faded into sound
now the first frost of the season is a whisper on the wind
like the rumor of her breath on my skin
i'm in the shadow of manhattan
don't tell her that you saw me
don't mention me at all
winter's on the air now
there's no use thiking about the fall
i'm in the distant
in silent promise not to call
she has already washed
my mark from her wall
credits
from Laugh Like a Bandit/Love Like a Thief,
released April 14, 2009
music and lyrics by ying-sun ho
music and lyrics by ying-sun ho
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