Midnight Sun

They say the king of birds And the queen of hearts Wore each other's keys Before they called the wedding off And all the feathers rained down And the town fell asleep Pulling on the poems For the midnight sun Pulling on the poems For the midnight sun Yeah, she shook the ground With every breath Tossed his troubles aside Made a shrine of every mess Well, a woman appeared With a guillotine smile She handed him a rose Then he turned to stone She handed him a rose Then he turned to stone Then they laid him in the creek Where the river ran dry To the mouth of wisdom And the end of doubt Then the woman reappeared With a blank spread smile Took him by the rose Then he turned to stone Yeah, she handed him a rose Left him all alone Well, they lifted the stone And they mapped the stars Brought back the keys And unlocked their hearts And the birds returned With songs in their eyes With maps to the world Never seen With maps to the world Never seen --- Midnight Sun - Calexico and Iron and Wine