All the towers of ivory are crumbling  And the swallows have sharpened their beaks  This is the time of our great undoing  This is the time that I'll come running  Straight to you  For I am captured  Straight to you  For I am captured  One more time  The light in our window is fading  The candle gutters on the ledge  Well now sorrow, it comes a-stealing  And I'll cry, girl, but I'll come a-running  Straight to you  For I am captured  Straight to you  For I am captured  Once again  Gone are the days of rainbows  Gone are the nights of swinging from the stars  For the sea will swallow up the mountains  And the sky will throw thunder-bolts and sparks  Straight at you  But I'll come a-running  Straight to you  But I'll come a-running  One more time  Heaven has denied us its kingdom  The saints are drunk howling at the moon  The chariots of angels are colliding  Well, I'll run, babe, but I'll come running  Straight to you  For I am captured  Straight to you  For I am captured  One more time