New Academics - Shadowlands Lyrics

Between cages keeping creatures confined
Two generations crossed the line
I held your hand, I held your hand
Strolled side-by-side past chambers of glass
As serpents writhed I spooked and gasped
Which made you laugh, which made you laugh

How could such fortune favour the fool
In disbelief I followed through
Breaking my rules, breaking my rules
What fearful vanity akin to kings
To think I'd ever bow your strings
False from the start, false from the start

Spare me your pure, bring forth no virgin sacrifice, unto withered hands
That sear and recoil from the heat of such youthful radiance, innocence
A creature of gloom, I feed upon those more eloquent, safe in shadowlands
But still I'm a man, your flesh was so sweetly delicate, regret

Where tigers hid themselves in the grass
My breath grew short, your lips slid apart
Hearts beating fast, hearts beating fast
A fleeting moment passed into dust
Bittersweet motes, my pen sweeps up
To safeguard here, to safeguard here

Spare me your pure, bring forth no virgin sacrifice, unto withered hands
That sear and recoil from the heat of such youthful radiance, innocence
A creature of gloom, I feed upon those more eloquent, safe in shadowlands
But still I'm a man, your flesh was so sweetly delicate, regret