(fish / marillion) A) brief encounter A spider wanders aimlessly within the warmth of a shadow Not the regal creature of border caves But the poor, misguided, directionless familiar of some obscure scottish poet The mist crawls from the canal Like some primordial phantom of romance To curl, under a cascade of neon pollen While […]
(fish / marillion) Huddled in the safety of a pseudo silk kimono wearing bracelets of smoke Naked of understanding Nicotine smears, long, long dried tears, invisible tears Safe in my own words, learning from my own words Cruel joke, cruel joke Huddled in the safety of a pseudo silk kimono a morning mare rides In […]
Freaks - Misplaced Childhood
Have you ever met a lady, screaming angst potential? Have you ever dreamed of romance, no matter how experimental? Have you ever felt an alien drifting back into your hometown? Did you think you were buying safety When you bought that piece of ground? She said all the best freaks are here She said all […]
Lady Nina - Misplaced Childhood
You pick out your credit cards and check into the night A dozen tequilas and you’re feeling alright So you swim to the disco, out of your depth, jaded gigolo Your lucky charms are tarnished so you leave alone But there’s one place left to go before the taxi home After all, you made your […]
When i hit the streets back in ’81, Found a heart in the gutter and a poet’s crown I felt barbed-wire kisses and icicle tears, Where have i been for all these years? I saw political intrigue, political lies, Gonna wipe those smiles of self-satisfaction from their eyes I will wear your white feather I […]
And it was morning. And i found myself mourning For a childhood that i thought had disappeared I looked out the window, And i saw a magpie in the rainbow, the rain had gone I’m not alone, i turned to the mirror, I saw you, the child, that once loved The child before they broke […]
1) vocal under a bloodlight Last night you said i was cold, untouchable A lonely piece of action from another town I just want to be free, i’m happy to be lonely Can’t you stay away? Just leave me alone with my thoughts. Just a runaway, just a runaway, I’m saving myself. 2) passing strangers […]
A love song with no validity Pretend you never meant that much to me Numb, a valium child, bored by meaningless collisions A lonely stretch of headlight, diamonds trapped in black ice A mirror cracked among the white lines. I just wanted you to be the first one I just wanted you to be the […]
When the taxis gather in mock solemnity. Funeral hearses court the death of virginity, Was it paradise lost or paradise found? Did we gain respect or were we holding ground? You had found true love, or so you believed And the wideboys tattooed your hearts upon their sleeves. So when you think it’s time to […]
1) wide boy Wide boys, wide boys, wide boys Born with hearts of lothian Wide boys, wide boys, born with hearts of lothian Wide boys, we were wide boys, born with hearts of lothian These hearts of lothian It’s six o’clock in the tower blocks The stalagmites of culture shock, (culture shock) And the trippers […]
