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Riding the Nightingale Lyrics
Dyin' mama barely breathin' in a bed of nails
To wander through the ruin smokin' and pale
Came upon an angel and a nightingale
Back where the darkness comes
Between the earth and skies above
Dead weight on my body's bones
I think I dug too deep a hole
Think I dug too deep
a hole
Better run for cover babe you better hide
Don't do no good to wait til time decides
Time decides
Time
Time
I need a little more time
Riding on my nightingale
So many years to, to ride
Hiding on my nightingale
Around my heart
Climbing down the stairs at last
I wouldn't touch me right
You're too proud and I'm too scared
And I'm neither here nor there
It's only fear
Well open up the doors
And let me breathe that air
Better run for cover babe you better hide
Just don't do to wait til time decides
Time decides
Time
Time
I need a little more time
Mama I'm gonna cry now
Cry, I'm gonna cry now
Oh you're makin' me cry now
Cry, I'm gonna cry now
Oh, no, no, no, no, no
I'm gonna cry
Cry I'm gonna die cryin'
Better run for cover babe you'd better hide
Just don't do to wait til time decides
Tied around my nightingale
So many years to, to hide
Fly my nightingale
Around my heart
Who's riding on my nightingale? [repeat]
Swear to be
Alone
To wander through the ruin smokin' and pale
Came upon an angel and a nightingale
Back where the darkness comes
Between the earth and skies above
Dead weight on my body's bones
I think I dug too deep a hole
Think I dug too deep
a hole
Don't do no good to wait til time decides
Time decides
Time
Time
I need a little more time
Riding on my nightingale
So many years to, to ride
Hiding on my nightingale
Around my heart
I wouldn't touch me right
You're too proud and I'm too scared
And I'm neither here nor there
It's only fear
Well open up the doors
And let me breathe that air
Just don't do to wait til time decides
Time decides
Time
Time
I need a little more time
Cry, I'm gonna cry now
Oh you're makin' me cry now
Cry, I'm gonna cry now
Oh, no, no, no, no, no
I'm gonna cry
Cry I'm gonna die cryin'
Just don't do to wait til time decides
Tied around my nightingale
So many years to, to hide
Fly my nightingale
Around my heart
Alone
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Submitted by
azkm On May 15, 2007
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Always was curious as to the meaning of "Riding The Nightingale" so just wondering what others think. I just thought it means, internally withdrawing into one's own self and being on your own and going over things in a somewhat "dark" manner. rethinking through things, by either talking out loud when no one else is present and then distancing yourself from those very thoughts that you have evoked! In the last verse when he sings "Who's riding on my nightingale", he's not wanting to know if anyone is, he is rather asking the listener if you are also doing the same thing, being solitary or distancing yourself from the hurt of reality! Not wanting to face the truth about a situation, where you would rather live in the dark about it all! You are trying also to keep others from prying into your emotions, hense the lyrics "better run for cover babe, better hide"...you are sending out a warning not to come to close as coz you don't want anyone to see you in this dark time of your life! The nightingale itself always sings in the night, when it's at its darkest, it does not wait to see the dawn to tell his story, as it is lost in the noise of the daylight!