Lyric

I found your lane by a candy cane gate

Where the licorice fences leaned

Black as a ribbon in moonlit sugar

Soft as a half-kept dream

The gingerbread windows were sleepy and low

The peppermint stars hung pale

And somewhere beyond the sugared dark

You hummed me a crooked tale

Hush now, darling

The night walks slow

Brush drum breathing

Where the black sweets grow

One little lantern

One little flame

I heard the shadows

Whisper my name

Licorice Lullaby Lane

Sing me down again

Licorice Lullaby Lane

Soft on the tongue, dark in the rain

Licorice Lullaby Lane

Hold my heart in your strange refrain

Licorice Lullaby Lane

I came for the dream, and I stayed for the ache

Your teacups chimed in a minor key

Your spoon drew circles of gold

A cat in the pantry blinked once at me

Like it knew what I was told

You said, "Every sweet has a shadow, dear"

Then you smiled through the candle glow

I took one step, then another small step

Where the black licorice flowers grow

Hush now, darling

The stairs won’t tell

Clarinet curling

Like a quiet spell

One little secret

One little sign

The moon in the window

Was almost mine

Licorice Lullaby Lane

Sing me down again

Licorice Lullaby Lane

Soft on the tongue, dark in the rain

Licorice Lullaby Lane

Hold my heart in your strange refrain

Licorice Lullaby Lane

I came for the dream, and I stayed for the ache

If I close my eyes

Will the house let go?

Will the sugar turn black

Where the old winds blow?

I was never lost

I was only led

By the lullaby lane

And the words you said

Licorice Lullaby Lane

Sing me down again

Licorice Lullaby Lane

Soft on the tongue, dark in the rain

Licorice Lullaby Lane

Hold my heart in your strange refrain

Licorice Lullaby Lane

I came for the dream, and I stayed for the ache

Oh, Licorice Lullaby Lane

Keep your sugar and your strange

Oh, Licorice Lullaby Lane

Call me back when the moonlight changes