The Sickle Swings

Verse 1

Cold

Grey pavement

My heavy boots

Clicking on the concrete

Walking past a thousand hungry faces

Hoping for a crack of sunlight

To hit the brick

Stumble

Then I fall

Chorus

Day after day

Looking for peace

Looking for love

Trying to find your way

Then the sickle swings round

And life cuts you down

Life cuts you down

Life cuts you down

Verse 2

Shove

Get back

I am screaming

But the water fills my lungs

Every hand reaches for the same gold coin

While the rest of us just sink

Drowning slow

Deep

In the mud

Chorus

Day after day

Looking for peace

Looking for love

Trying to find your way

Then the sickle swings round

And life cuts you down

Life cuts you down

Life cuts you down

Bridge

Maybe tomorrow the wind shifts south

Maybe tomorrow the rain stops pouring

Maybe tomorrow the door stays open

But the hinges are rusted shut

Tied up in knots

Running out of breath

Verse 3

Wait

Stop pushing

You look like me

Tired and half-broken

Searching for a reason to keep moving

When the gravity pulls hard

Against our bones

No

Not today

Chorus

Day after day

Looking for peace

Looking for love

Trying to find your way

Then the sickle swings round

And life cuts you down

Life cuts you down

Life cuts you down

Outro

Cuts you down

Cuts you down

Cuts you down

Looking for peace

Looking for love

Still walking

Still

Down