All Soul's Day

Drop

Candles burning low

Candles burning low

Verse 1

The bells began at half past four

I counted every one

My mother swept the porch and wept

For daughters and for sons

Pre-Chorus

We set a plate for no one

We left the doorway wide

Something walked the hallway

And stood at my bedside

Chorus

All Soul's Day

The dead come home to dine

All Soul's Day

They drink the bitter wine

I saved a chair

I saved a chair for you

All Soul's Day

I never learned the truth

Drop

Candles burning low

Candles burning low

Verse 2

My grandmother wore her Sunday dress

She hummed a funeral tune

The mirrors all were covered up

Beneath a paper moon

Pre-Chorus

I heard my name in whispers

I heard it twice or more

The kettle sang a hymn alone

The kettle sang for more

Chorus

All Soul's Day

The dead come home to dine

All Soul's Day

They drink the bitter wine

I saved a chair

I saved a chair for you

All Soul's Day

I never learned the truth

Breakdown

Who is knocking at the window

Who is breathing in the hall

Who is knocking at the window

Nobody at all

Chorus

All Soul's Day

The dead come home to dine

All Soul's Day

They drink the bitter wine

I saved a chair

I saved a chair for you

All Soul's Day

I never learned the truth

Post-Chorus

Candles burning low

Candles burning low

Don't turn around

Don't turn around