The Lumineers - Nightshade

Some of us love to think of life as a game

Others are born into the royalty and can never behave

Some find a freedom locking men in a cage, oh no

Some priest insisted it's a test of the faith

And only holy devotion can keep the devils away

There's only so much that a man can pray, oh no




Oh, my love

Oh, my love

Spare my blood

I saw the footprints in the white of the snow

Spare my blood




I counted thousands and I was just a rider alone

Eighteen degrees and eighty miles from home, oh no

We built a wall to keep the devils at bay

A distant army was marching through the night and the day

I swore an oath and with my life I would pay, oh no




Oh, my love

Oh, my love

Spare my blood




Nightshade, won't you take me away?

And I can hold my breath for another day

But it was all, it was all for the throne




We were surrounded and the ending was near

All of the sudden, a ranger arrived, a savior appeared

Made it to safety, but the devil was here, oh no




Oh, my love

Nightshade, won't you take me away?

And I can hold my breath for another day

But it was all, it was all for the throne