Into Your Arms

from The Best Of The Bantam Years by Pete Lanctot

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lyrics

I will come into your country,
I’ll abide by all your laws,
I will love you for your beauty,
I will take on all your flaws,
I will watch over your cities
and your valleys flocks and farms,
In the evening when the day is done
I’ll fold myself into your arms.

Into your arms, into your arms,
I’ll fold myself into your arms.
In the evening when the day is done
I’ll fold myself into your arms.

I will lay down all my weapons
when I stand before your gates,
Turn my daggers into bread knives,
Bang my bullets into plates,
I will keep the dogs of war at bay,
Call off all the alarms,
I will fall upon your mercy,
And fold myself into your arms.

Into your arms, into your arms,
I’ll fold myself into your arms.
I will fall upon your mercy,
And fold myself into your arms.

I will go out on the mountain,
I will stand up on the rock,
I will still the voice in me,
I’ll forget all idle talk,
I will wrestle with my ugly pride
In all it’s ugly forms,
When I come back into town
I’ll fold myself into your arms.

Into your arms, into your arms,
I’ll fold myself into your arms.
When I come back into town
I’ll fold myself into your arms.

I will stand out in the churchyard
All among the silent graves,
See the last light silhouetting
The boatmen and the Caves,
There'll be peace down in the valley
Far beyond all grief and harm,
When time will wipe every slate clean
I’ll fold myself into your arms.

Into your arms, into your arms,
I’ll fold myself into your arms.
When I come back into town
I’ll fold myself into your arms.

credits

from The Best Of The Bantam Years, released January 22, 2013
Pete Lanctot- Vocals, Piano
Gene Perla- Bass

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Pete Lanctot is a composer and songwriter based in Brooklyn, NY.

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