In the Dark Places
Polly Harvey
We got up early,
Washed our faces,
Walked the fields
Put up crosses.
Passed through
The damned mountains,
Went hellwards,
And some of us returned,
And some of us did not.
In the fields and in the forests,
Under the moon and under the sun
Another summer has passed before us,
And not one man has,
And not one woman has
Revealed the secrets of this world.
So our young men hid
With guns, in the dirt
And in the dark places.
Our young men hid with guns,
In the dirt in the dark
Our young men hid
With guns, in the forest
And in the dark places.
And not one man has,
And not one woman has
Revealed the secrets of this world.
And in the dark places.