Lament
From Games We Play, released February 10, 2018
Words and Music by Jennifer Schaffer (SOCAN)
Jennifer Schaffer - Acoustic guitar, Lead Vocal
Simon Law - Drums, Percussion, Handclaps, Background Vocals
Astrid Foster - Bass, Background Vocals
John Teshima - Acoustic and Electric Guitars, Background Vocals
Jonathan Marks - Violin, Background Vocals
Denis Keldie - Accordion
Recorded at Canterbury Music Co. Toronto by Jeremy Darby; Studio Wolfrey Toronto and SonyAtv Music Publishing Canada by Simon Law
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Lyrics
Tell me what’s on your mind
And I’ll leave it all behind
Because the worries can wait, I’ll let them gestate
‘Til they dissolve into a dew, into a dew
Ophelia – open up your heart
Ophelia – before they tear it apart
Tell me the secrets you keep
The ones that make you weep
In the night while you sleep, as the sandman creeps
Into the pool where you lie, pool where you lie
Ophelia – open up your heart
Ophelia – before you tear it apart
The smile upon your face is so full of grace
And I ache to believe but cannot conceive
That you’re not drowning in their wake
Ophelia – open up your heart
Ophelia – before I tear it apart
How is it your destiny to repeat my history?
Is it too late to ebb that tide, get off that ride
And just find your pride inside?
Tell me it’s in my mind
And that I’ll find, that I’ll find
That your words are true and you’ll save me too
From all my sad and foolish ways, my foolish ways
Don’t betray the strength you display
Ophelia, Ophelia,
Om