I’ve seen you greyed out In monochrome September Umbrellas in a thunderstorm The rain took all you remember A stranger in a crowd

There’s a choir, on a podium So austere, I need opium To get through the farce of it all Why did I pick up your call? I remember it like yesterday

I spent hours staring at the smoki… Spent bullets and spent time A hole in the wall, barely large e… A broken jagged glass of wine Swords on my wall, sharp and shiny

I thought I was ready for war I’ve made foes enough for a lifeti… Some I met while dreaming, some I… Some I killed down the stream and… I thought my quiver had arrows but…

I took you to the hillside up thos… I took you the far side of the sno… We went across the melting ice, sk… Emptied a bottle on the rocks and… And it said that when the cold win…

I am a tortoise Winning races by hair’s breadth By hare’s breadth? That’s accurate But I focus on the moment instead

In my youth I saw the house on th… it belonged to a terrifying man. Blacked out curtains on moss grown… Sticking out like a bruise against… It’s towers stark against the ligh…

Can you recognise your own voice? Just abandon All pretense, each disguise Every notion of compromise Every meaningless, futile choice

Way back, on the cracked pavement Baking underneath the summer sun The shadows cast in your wake Spool in the silence like a smokin… The rough walls of that old house

I painted you in still life, It’s something that just feels rig… The vase you bought on Christmas… The fruit basket, by the jar of cl… I showed you off in oil