Tomes And Tombstones Lyrics – Madds Buckley

There's a trace of you in the floorboards
In whispers behind closed doors
And a waning moon that follows
The monsters in my shadow

Left with scars that never fade
A long and gone familiar ache
Will come back to its haunting place
Mmmmmm

Buried under tomes and tombstones
Wrapping up your curses in cords
Digging up the earth once more
Buried in a home and old bones
The past will sink its teeth into what it can take
But I won't lose you

There's a memory of my role
Your ice and iron and control
And though I've tried to let you go
I'm scared you've claimed me whole
'Cause I thought I left you behind
Up those stairs and out of my mind
But you just settled somewhere out of sight
Mmmmmm

Buried under tomes and tombstones
Wrapping up your curses in cords
Digging up the earth once more
Buried in a home and old bones
The past will sink its teeth into what it can take
But I won't lose you

Ooooooo

You take and take from the home I made
And my hands still ache, from the marks you gave
And you linger still, with a grip that cuts
And I wonder will you ever have enough?

Buried under tomes and tombstones
Wrapping up your curses in cords
Digging up the earth once more
Buried in a home and old bones
The past will sink its teeth into
No matter what you do
The past will sink its teeth into what it can take
But I won't lose you