The city lights fade into the ocean
Beneath the waves, we don’t even notice
The silence don’t speak, so much as it sings
Droning out scores in unknowable keys
After all you wanted to be
How the hell could you end up here
Sad songs are all that you sing
It’s a nail you hang yourself on it
Crucified souls drunk on the spirit
Sound in voices so low that you hardly hear them
& the city lights shine, but don’t shine on me
Still under the canvas of a painting of the sea
After all the city lights fade
How the hell does it come to this
Skewed lines at best that were vague
I thought we was just taking the piss
Giving ‘em hell
No one in here is breathing tonight
No one “out there” ever gets out alive
The silence don’t speak so much as it bleeds
Blood onto the canvas of a painting of the sea
After all you wanted to say
How the hell did you get to here
Sad songs, they all sound the same
It’s a nail you hang yourself on it, man
The city light fade
Does it all come to this
At best it was vague
I thought we was just taking the piss
Giving ‘em hell
How does it end?
They way they always said it would
credits
from The Heart of the Matador,
released November 5, 2005
[dt] vocals, bass, gtrs, piano, rhodes,
tambourine, percussion brush
[sh] drums, oceanic brushes
[Mark Harrod] backing vocal
[Carla Kihlstedt] violin, the good noise, immeasurable talent
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