I Was Born to Wait

Instrumental Intro

Verse

Cold rain falls on the abbey stones

I tend the graves where no one goes

The bell ropes rot in their tower

I count the years by the dying flowers

Verse 2

My brothers fled when the sickness came

They left their vows and forgot my name

I keep the fire and I keep the wall

I wait for nothing at all

Chorus

And the night is long

The night is long

I sing to the frost and the iron gate

The night is long

The night is long

I was born to wait

Chorus

The night is long

The night is long

I sing to the frost and the iron gate

The night is long

The night is long

I was born to wait

Verse 3

A withered priest once blessed this ground

Now only crows and thorns are found

I carve the psalms into the oak

For the ones who never woke

Bridge

Winter after winter

Winter after winter

The same grey sky the same dead river

Winter after winter

Winter after winter

I am the last to shiver

Guitar Solo

Chorus

The night is long

The night is long

I sing to the frost and the iron gate

The night is long

The night is long

I was born to wait

Chorus

The night is long

The night is long

Beneath the moon beneath the weight

The night is long

The night is long

I was born to wait