the skeleton past Petrified by tradition in a nightmare they stagger Into nowhere at all and they look up aghast And I wave goodbye to speed And smile hello
Översättning: Tim Buckley. Adjö och hej.
burns in carnival flame And for a while you won't know my name at all But sing and dance and love for pennies and gold The juggling clown smiles to me And
Christian licorice clothes I can't hesitate And I can't wait For Pleasant Street The sunshine reminds you of concreted skies You thought you were flying but you opened your eyes And
I saw you walking Only yesterday When I ran to catch you You disappeared And the street was gray The candle died Now you are gone For the flame was
Photographs of guns and flame Scarlet skull and distant game Bayonet and jungle grin Nightmares dreamed by bleeding men Lookouts tremble on the shore
my love And if I gave you a wheel Would you spin for my heart and loneliness Would you spin for my love If I gave up all of my pride for you And only
Once I was a soldier And I fought on foreign sands for you Once I was a hunter And I brought home fresh meat for you Once I was a lover And I searched
my fleeting house Before he came I felt him drawing near; As he neared I felt the ancient fear That he had come to wound my door and jeer, And I waited
know why I try And the rain was falling on that day And damn the reason why The Flying Pisces sails for time And tells me of my child Wrapped in bitter tales and
O whither has my lady wandered? I'll search until I know I've found her One green day she left her wings And cut away her childhood strings But dropping
