The Families of The Disappeared
from Acting Thick for Money (volume 2) by The Wind-up Birds
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lyrics
That things would get easier have gone
She should have moved away but she had to stay
In the forlorn hope that she could right all the wrongs
In the shed at the back, boxes are packed
With all the things that she said she had thrown
She sifts through them every now and again
But somehow it just makes her feel more alone
Trapped within these walls
And adrift between two lives
She said “Watch me as I fade, love
Right before your eyes”
She feels the neighbour’s eyes as she walks by
There’s an awkward kind of sympathy, shabbily expressed
They say his name every now and again
Just testing the water, working out what’s best
The hours are gone avoiding the sun
A cascade of photographs flowing down the wall
The months drag on, the money has gone
The theatre is empty but the curtain never falls
Trapped within these walls
And adrift between two lives
She said “Watch me as I fade, now
Right before your eyes”
A flower dying in time lapse photography
Aware they’ll never name a road after me
A flower dying in time lapse photography
Aware they’ll never name a school after me
A flower dying in time lapse photography
Aware they’ll never name a pub after me
A flower dying in time lapse photography
Aware they’ll never name a film after me
A flower dying
A flower dying
A flower dying
A flower dying
A flower dying
A flower dying
A flower dying
A flower dying now
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