Cassandra Lyrics – Florence + The Machine

[Verse 1: Florence Welch]
I used to see the future and now I see nothing
They cut out my eyes and sent me home packing
To pace around the kitchen for scraps of inspiration
Crying like Cassandra, I
Used to tell the future, but they cut out my tongue
And left me doing laundry to thinking what I've done
It wasn't me, it was the song

[Verse 2: Florence Welch]
I used to move into the future, bring it all back
Let it bleed through my fingers, a treasure in my hands
Not be bound? when there's no one about
'Cause they put crosses on the doors to try
And keep mе out
With gardens of the grove
And I run in thе middle of the road (Oh)

[Chorus: Florence Welch]
Well, can you see me? I cannot see you
Everything I thought I knew has fallen out of view
In this blindness I'm condemned to
Well, can you hear me? I cannot hear you
Every song I thought I knew, I've been deafened to
And there's no one left to sing to

[Verse 3: Florence Welch]
All the gods have been domesticated
And Heaven is now overrated
And the churches, they all closed their doors
But you can take your complaints straight to the Lord
I try to still look where they wander on the work
As the roses bloom
And the riot plants, they play me and you

[Chorus: Florence Welch]
Well, can you see me? I cannot see you
Everything I thought I knew has fallen out of view
In this blindness that I'm condemned to
Well, can you hear me? I cannot hear you
Every song I thought I knew, I've been deafened to
And there's no one left to sing to

[Bridge: Florence Welch]
Oh, oh
Oh, oh
Oh, oh, oh (Take me back)
Oh, oh, oh (Oh, the drunken gods oversee me)
Oh, oh, oh (I must be their favourite daughter)

[Chorus: Florence Welch]
Well, can you see me? I cannot see you
Everything I thought I knew has fallen out of view
And if I run fast and back, could I break apart
As empires tumble and cathedrals flatten in my heart?