We Lost the Skyline
Live - 18 febbraio 2008 - Debaser id 465962

A body is washed up on a Norfolk beach
He was a friend that I could not reach
He thought I was cold but I understand
But for the grace of god goes another man

And I may just waste away from doing nothing
But you're a martyr for even less

A choirboy is buried on the moors
Where we used to go dreaming when we were bored
So some kids are best left to fend for themselves
And others were born to stack shelves

And I may just waste away from doing nothing
But you're a martyr for even less
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The moon shook
And curled up like gentle fire
The ocean glazed
And melted wire

Voices buzzed
In spiral eyes
Stars dived
In blinding skies

Stars die
Blinding skies

Tree cracked
And mountain cried
Bridges broke
And window sighed

Cells grew up
And rivers burst
Sound obscured
And sense reversed

Stars die
Blinding skies

Idle mind
And severed soul
Silent nerves
And begging bowl

Shallow haze
To blast a way
Hyper sleep
To end the day

Stars die
Blinding skies

Here is my car, my phone, and my TV
I've got it all, but you can see through me
But am I here? It's kind of hard to tell
I do a good impression of myself
But what's normal now anyhow?

Sullen and bored the kids stay
And in this way wish away each day
Stoned in the mall the kids play
And in this way wish away each day

Prescription drugs, they help me through the day
And that restraining order keeps me well at bay
And what's normal now, anyway?

Sullen and bored the kids stay
And in this way wish away each day
Stoned in the mall the kids play
And in this way wish away each day

Sullen and bored the kids stay
And in this way wish away each day
Stoned in the mall the kids play
And in this way wish away each day

Wish I was old and a little sentimental
Wish I was old and a little sentimental
Wish I was old and a little sentimental
Wish I was old and a little sentimental
(You gotta see the waves, not the wine bottle, but the waves now.)

Drown With Me

So you have been of use
And you have been abused

You know you look pale today
Your lipstick has gone astray

You sold out and lost your looks
You gave away all your books

(You should drown with me)

Your coil has been wound up tight
Unwind it with me tonight

(You should drown with me)

Tyre tracks Fresh on the ground
Where she will be found
Held under the water
Resting there in a stream
View from the cold water
Buried in green
Orange filter sky

Your drowning in family there
When will you come up for air

(You should drown with me)

Don't feel you let 'em down
Cos they have already drowned

(You should drown with me)

As the cheerless towns pass my window
I can see a washed out moon through the fog
And then a voice inside my head
Breaks the analogue And says

"Follow me down to the valley below
You know
Moonlight is bleeding
From out of your soul"

I survived against the will
Of my twisted folk
But in the deafness of my world
The silence broke And said

"Follow me down to the valley below
You know
Moonlight is bleeding
From out of your soul"

"My David don't you worry
This cold world is not for you
So rest your head upon me
I have strength to carry you"

(Ghosts of the twenties rising Golden summers just holding you)

"Follow me down to the valley below
You know
Moonlight is bleeding
From out of your soul
Come to us Lazarus
It's time for you to go"

Train set and match spied under the blind,
Shiny and contoured the railway winds,
And I've heard the sound from my cousin's bed,
The hiss of the train at the railway head,

Always the summers are slipping away,

A 60 ton angel falls to the earth,
A pile of old metal, a radiant blur,
Scars in the country, the summer and her,

Always the summers are slipping away,
Find me a way for making it stay,

When I hear the engine pass
I'm kissing you wide,
The hissing subsides
I'm in luck,

When the evening reaches here
You're tying me up,
I'm dying of love
It's OK,

When I hear the engine pass
I'm kissing you wide,
The hissing subsides
I'm in luck,

When the evening reaches here
You're tying me up,
I'm dying of love
It's OK,

Always the summers are slipping away,
Find me a way for making it stay,

Always the summers are slipping away,
Always the summers are slipping away...