The Smoke and Low

Half past noon
Corner of waterloo
I will run into you
Je ne sais pa por quois

To this subtle rush
I can say "soon enough"
See you at fourth and mark
Outside the smoke and low

The broken string
Corrupted all the chords
We heard the song as ne'er before

Half past two
Grinning from something new
Pilots with poison darts
Outside the smoke and low

In the stop and start
Beat of insurgent hearts
Guarding the careful spark
Beyond the smoke and low

And despite the racket
Oh let it ring
That long forgotten song

Damn the odds and run the gauntlet
Far past all decay
Or be another story someone tells

And despite the racket
Oh let it ring
That long forgotten song