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   Once again…      And the light in our window is fading   And the candle, it gutters on the ledge   And our sorrow, it comes a stealing   And I’ll cry but I’ll come running   Straight to you, for I am captured   Straight to you, for I am captured   One more time…      And gone are the days of rainbows   Gone are the nights of swinging from the stars   For the seas will swallow up the mountains   And the sky will throw thunderbolts and sparks   Straight at you but I’ll come running   Straight to you, yes I’ll come a running   One more time…      And heaven has denied us its kingdom   And the saints they’re all drunk, and howling at the moon   And the chariots of angels are colliding   And I’ll run but I’ll come running   Straight to you, for I am captured   Straight to you, for I am captured   Once more time…