LYRICS

OTHER TRACKS

(Waiting for) The Ice Age
(The first set of lyrics for Ice Age)

Scratching out atrocity,
Splintered in the sand,
In a death shroud looking back,
Walking hand in hand.
Draw the lines onto your face,
To make it look brand new,
Nothing here will fit in place,
To screen the likes of you.

Stranded in hostility,
Buried further down,
Waiting in a churchyard,
For the sons to come around,
Burning down conventions now,
To give me all the proof,
Nothing here will hold somehow,
To give a glimpse of truth.

Searching for some other life,
To hide behind your door,
On a strange wave plunging down,
With hopes for little more,
Someone might have changed somewhere,
To bring us into line,
All so near to hit and run,
To cut the gaps in time.

Waiting for the cold to come,
To face one final stand,
Viewing scenes in black and white,
Walking hand in hand,
Reaching from the distance,
To find some strength again.

© Deborah Curtis,1995

The Drawback (all of this for you)

Seen the troubles and the evils of this world
I've seen the stretches between godliness and sin
I've heard the promise and confessions of good faith
And the hypocrisy that always lies within
And they left it for you, all of this for you

I've seen the products and the other world of waste
I've seen the colour of corruption deep within
I've seen them lose themselves in dignity and taste
To see in black and white and through to black again
And they left it for you, all of this for you

And they left it for you, all of this for you
And they left it for you, everything for you
I've seen the troubles and the evils of this world
I've seen the ones who could succeed but always lose
I've seen what's left of poor technology and worth
And watched them dying as they leave their ship of fools
And they left it for you, all of this for you

© Deborah Curtis,1995

Ceremony

This is why events unnerve me,
They find it all, a different story,
Notice whom for wheels are turning,
Turn again and turn towards this time,
All she asks is the strength to hold me,
Then again the same old story,
Word will travel, oh so quickly,
Travel first and lean towards this time.

Oh, I'll break them down, no mercy shown,
Heaven knows, it's got to be this time,
Watching her, these things she said,
The times she cried,
Too frail to wake this time

Oh, I'll break them down, no mercy shown
Heaven knows, it's got to be this time,
Avenues all lined with trees,
Picture me and then you start watching,
Watching forever, forever,
Watching love grow, forever,
Letting me know, forever.

© Deborah Curtis,1995

In a Lonely Place

Caressing the marble and stone,
Love that was special for one,
The waste in the fever I heat,
How I wish you were here with me now.

Body that curls in and dies,
And shares that awful daylight,
Warm like a dog round your feet,
How I wish you were here with me now.

Hangman looks round as he waits,
Cord stretches tight then it breaks ,
Someday we will die in your dreams,
How I wish you were here with me now.

© Deborah Curtis,1995