Petrograd

[Verse 1]
Wildcat howling in the distant snow
If only I could let that go
She woke me up one frozen morning
And the sky was broken by piercing light
And now her body lies in the snow
If only I could let that go

[Chorus]
But I'm older now, I see her all around
The most haunted laugh, your face on a photograph

[Verse 2]
Kronstadt sailing for the golden town
The inexorable sea ice drowns
And how could I have asked for more?, I hear them cry
Men like us were built for war, and so was I
Wildcat howling in the distant snow
If only I could let that go

[Chorus]
But I’m older now, I see her all around
The most haunted laugh, your face on a photograph
Tell me those tailored lies and slip on that cold disguise
I see her wrapped in furs, calling me in that way of hers

The thought weighs me down, I need her to take me out
The golden town is lost to statues in the frost
The wildcat moan won’t leave me the fuck alone
She haunts me now

[Verse 3]
Wildcat howling in the distant snow
If only I could let that go
I won’t come back to her until
The golden streets are deathly still
And all those bodies lie in the snow
If only I could let that go