Hearts and Spades
I the Mighty Lyrics

With a knock, knock and my eyes come open.
I wake up to the sound of someone knocking on the door.

I light a match and orange fills the room.
I light a match and the room is illuminated by the orange glow.

The candle-light dancing off the walls and the movement's enough to wake her up.
The light from the candle is flickering on the walls, and the movement of the light is enough to wake her up.

The men are outside with their torches.
The men are outside with torches in their hands.

I hear the hooves of the horses I must lead.
I can hear the sound of horses' hooves that I am supposed to lead.

Would you fill up this flask with your moonshine I'll need it to keep myself warm through this snowy storm.
Can you fill up this flask with your homemade alcohol? I will need it to stay warm during this cold and snowy storm.

And hide your tears till my sights are out the door.
Please don't cry until I am out of sight.

It's hard enough to leave for a war I don't believe.
Leaving for a war that I don't believe in is already difficult enough.

Would you fill up this gun melted soldiers, it's the hand-made bullets that saved for the ring you wear.
Can you fill this gun with the bullets you made from melted soldiers? The same bullets that saved your life and made the ring you wear.

And I'll be wearing mine through the war cries. I won't let them tear it from my hands. The waiting is over.
I will be wearing the ring through the war cries, and I won't let anyone take it away from me. The waiting is over.

The waiting is over and I tell her as I go that 'I'm coming back.'
I tell her as I leave that the waiting is over and that 'I'm coming back.'

But I may not be coming back.
But I may not be coming back.

Promise me you won't forget this, but promise me you shall not dwell.
Promise me that you won't forget this, but promise me that you won't dwell on it.

Take the letters off the dresser and fill the void with hearts and spades.
Take the letters off the dresser and replace them with hearts and spades.

Oh, the outside air is cold. You can see your breath for miles and miles and miles and miles and miles.
The outside air is very cold, and you can see your breath for miles and miles.

Oh, heading north to war. Dreams take me back to the home I grew up in.
Heading north to war, and I'm dreaming about the home I grew up in.

Take me back to that little house on the hill. It was there we felt alive we didn't care about the territory or the long story.
Take me back to that little house on the hill where we felt alive and didn't care about the territory or the long story.

Take me back, take me back to the day we met. Playing cards with the girl right down the road. Joking that the jack saw too much. You be hearts and I'll be spades.
Take me back to the day we met when we were playing cards with the girl down the road. We joked that the jack saw too much. You choose hearts and I'll choose spades.

Dear love, I write you with a heavy heart. And with this pen I lie to you. These letters are a lie.
My dear love, I am writing to you with a heavy heart, and with this pen, I am lying to you. These letters are all a lie.

Past the snow, past the fields, past the hills, we finally see the enemy we so greatly feared. And in the image of 900 men lining the horizon, this is where my letters end.
After we pass through the snow, the fields, and the hills, we finally see the enemy that we have been dreading. Seeing the image of 900 men lined up on the horizon, this is where my letters must end.

Ride with me, ride with me! Don't mistake their war cries for lullabies. Ride with me, die with me! Their fortune means our fate. Hold the line, hold the line! This will be the ground with which their bodies lie. Hold the line, force the fight! We'll never be the same.
Come ride with me! Don't mistake their war cries for lullabies. If we ride together, we will die together. Their fortune determines our fate. Hold the line, do not back down! This ground will be their final resting place. Hold the line, and fight with all your might! We will never be the same.