Ed Harcourt The Trapdoor Lyrics

The Trapdoor Lyrics

On a summer night I took a walk

Out in the fields where the grass snakes hide

Six years old, tall as a chair

Found the trapdoor hidden from sight

Fell into the blackness, seemed like hours

I hit the ground on a sea of skulls

There was no treasure, just stolen souls

Taken years ago down this endless hole



Man must kill to live or quench his thirst

Let's go back to the source where it first came from



Looked death in the eyes, falling stalactites

Then burnt by a light as angels flew by

Who pulled me back up to the moonlit sky

Covered in dust, it was hard not to cry



Man must kill to live or quench his thirst

Let's go back to the source where it first came from



Falling through trapdoors wherever I go

Kicking and screaming 'cause nobody knows

There's always a trapdoor wherever you step

Keep your eyes open you deserve what you get

Keep your eyes open you deserve what you get

Keep your eyes open you deserve what you get