The Curse-Josh Ritter

[00:16.98]He opens his eyes [00:18.60]Falls in love at first sight [00:20.60]With the girl in the doorway [00:23.23] [00:24.98]What beautiful lines [00:25.79] [00:26.91]Heart full of life [00:27.91] [00:28.54]After thousands of years [00:29.73] [00:30.54]what a face to wake up to [00:32.67]He holds back a sigh [00:34.35]As she touches his arm [00:35.54] [00:36.48]She dusts off the bed where til now he's been sleeping [00:39.98] [00:40.54]Under mires of stone [00:41.85] [00:42.42]The dry fig of his heart [00:44.24]Under scarab and bone [00:45.49] [00:46.31]Starts back to its beating [00:48.31]She carries him home [00:57.93] [00:58.81]In a beautiful boat [00:59.87] [01:00.93]He watches the sea from a porthole in stowage [01:04.68]He can hear all she says [01:06.57]As she sits by his bed [01:08.32]And one day his lips answered her [01:10.69]In her own language [01:12.32]The days quickly pass [01:13.57] [01:14.26]He loves making her laugh [01:15.44] [01:16.32]The first time he moves it's her hair that he touches [01:20.07]She asks "Are you cursed?" [01:21.44]He says "I think that I'm cured." [01:24.01]Then he talks of the Nile and the girls in ?bull rushes? [01:27.82] [01:44.70]In New York he is laid [01:46.07] [01:46.63]In a glass covered case [01:47.76] [01:48.63]He pretends he is dead [01:50.01] [01:50.51]People crowd round to see him [01:52.45]But at night she comes round [01:54.14]And the two wander down the halls of the tomb [01:57.57] [01:58.26]That she calls a museum [01:59.70] [02:00.32]But he stops to rest [02:01.95]Then less and less [02:03.26] [02:03.95]Then it's her that looks tired [02:05.95]Staying up asking questions [02:07.14] [02:07.76]He learns how to read [02:09.76]From the papers that she is writing about him [02:13.01] [02:13.83]Then he makes corrections [02:15.01] [02:15.64]It's his face on her book [02:17.70]More come to look [02:18.83] [02:19.89]Families from Iowa [02:20.95] [02:21.76]Upper West-Siders [02:22.76] [02:23.89]Then one day it's too much [02:25.83]He decides to get up [02:27.58]Then as chaos ensues he walks outside to find her [02:31.45]She is using a cane [02:32.83] [02:34.01]And her face looks too pale [02:35.95]But she's happy to see him [02:37.77]As they walk he supports her [02:39.52]She asks "Are you cursed?" [02:41.58]But his answer is obscured [02:43.02] [02:43.64]In a sandstorm of flashbulbs [02:45.64]Rowdy reporters [02:47.14] [03:21.08]Such reanimation [03:22.21] [03:22.90]The two tour the nation [03:24.77]He gets out of limos [03:26.59]Meets other women [03:27.84] [03:28.77]He speaks of her fondly [03:29.96] [03:30.52]Their nights in the museum [03:31.71] [03:32.34]She's just one more rag now he's dragging behind him [03:36.65]She stops going out [03:37.65] [03:38.27]She just lies there in bed [03:40.27]In hotels in whatever towns they are speaking [03:43.40] [03:44.40]Then her face starts to set [03:46.02] [03:46.59]And her hands start to fold [03:48.27]Then one day the dry fig of her heart stops its beating [03:52.21] [04:10.51]Long ago on the ship [04:12.39]She asked why pyramids [04:13.70] [04:14.70]He said "Think of them as an immense invitation." [04:18.08] [04:18.70]She asks "Are you cursed?" [04:20.14]He says "I think that I'm cured." [04:22.26] [04:22.89]Then he kissed her and hoped [04:24.45] [04:25.08]That she'd forget that question