I am pretty sure that the first verse is:

You go with your two feet bare
Down through the cold lane there to Brighton
A country house, a liar and a louse live there

This would make sense, as it's an "English house" as the title implies. The second verse I am not as sure about, but I think it goes:

Go with your arms held wide
Happiness in your eyes convincing you
To stay the night, turn out every light you see
And lay them down buried in the ground for me

The third verse is more problematic. My interpretation is:

The tongues of the creatures wait
Drawn by the fragile legs you walk on
A cold wind blows Brighton to the coast for me
A cold wind blows Brighton to the coast for me

I think since he's already talking about Brighton, it makes more sense that it would be "Brighton to" instead of "bright into". I am fairly sure that it isn't "right into".

I agree with you, mithgil - those verses make much more sense, and I definitely heard "Brighton". The one thing is that it's "Drawn *to* the fragile legs you walk on".

the first verse is Brighton, yes, but not later.

"A cold wind blows,
back into the coast for me."

meaning: the cold winds are changing direction and coming back for him.

and i would argue it could be "fragile lakes" rather than "fragile legs" but either seems plausible. you could make a case for "legs" because it's definitely "tongues of the creatures", and i can see tongues being drawn toward "legs".

but those same creatures could be drawn to the lake. i think it's "lakes" because he mentions the coast right after that. and a cold wind, implying winter, and a frozen lake, and hence someone walking upon thin ice.

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i'm hearing fragile eggs

What'd I go with?
My feet are so weak!
I can't walk anymore
been down since so long, hurt!
The cold air feels hot now!
Can see myself walking
Yet this body remains on ground
Eyes' brightness no more
Lips waiting for that last kiss
Letting soul fly out of body

Anyone else think it's about someone he loves who is with someone else?--maybe as an affair or maybe she has been with someone that he despises--"liar,louse,creature". And a cold wind representing his spite??