"Votive" lyrics - THE NEW PORNOGRAPHERS

My hands are cupped around a match
I'm just trying to keep the lights on
But a lighthouse should not be
In league with the rocks
Though at some point it's all
Uncharted waters

I didn't see you there
I didn't see you there
I didn't see you there
I didn't see you there

Hands are cupped around a match
I'm just trying to keep the lights on
With the martyrs, in the tombs
With the saints
Or whoever wants to burn, whatever

I didn't see you there
I didn't see you there
I didn't see you there
I didn't see you there

Hands are cupped around a match
I'm just trying to keep the lights on
If you wanted quick results, said the night
Then I think you should have been a surgeon

I didn't see you there
I didn't see you there
I didn't see you there
I didn't see you there

Or has it already gone out
Or has it already gone out
Or has it already gone out
Or has it already gone out

Hands are cupped around a match
I'm just trying to keep the lights on
Hands are cupped around a match
I'm just trying to keep the lights on

I didn't see you there
I didn't see you there
I didn't see you there
I didn't see you there