The Governess - Metric

作词：Jimmy Shaw/Emily Haines

作曲：Jimmy Shaw/Emily Haines

Who did you say you were

I didn t catch your name

Falling down to earth

Down from a higher plane

Oh it s been decades

Say what did you see

Oh I ve been so lonely

Won t you keep me company

Do you remember me

We met out on the farm

By the fire you spoke to me

And held me in your arms

The songs you played for me

I long to understand

All along the watchtower

And castles made of sand

When there was a wilderness

we wandered wild and free

Guilt she is the governess

that guides me back to grief

What if we were dumb

enough to spend eternity

Gathering the garbage

washed up on the beach

Do you remember me

We spoke by telephone

The bad connection

had a meaning of its own

Of all the good

and all the stupid shit I ve done

The worst was all for me

Not hurting anyone

When there was a wilderness

I wandered wild and free

Guilt she is the governess

that guides me back to grief

Wish that I was old enough

to end the century

Gather all the garbage

washed up on the beach