Bonnie "Prince" Billy Night Noises song lyrics

Night noises are my noises.

and soiled doves are my birds.

Lost mornings start my days

and questions rule my words.

Shame is in the trunk

it must be somewhere out of sight.

and I drink without economy

when I go out into the night.

There was a man I looked to

last I heard he'd sailed away

made home in south Florida.

but I don't think he's there today.

The only one I'd known who gave me comfort

awe and fear all at once.

while keeping tools of inspiration near

He taught me to make big thoughts small

and stay ruled by human hunger

weakness we should celebrate

and not let others drive you under

Nobility ain't much to ask to find coming ever clearer.

If a man can keep to task when looking in the mirror.