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