Elvis Perkins - Lyrics
Elvis Perkins - Ash Wednesday
Submitted by Dee
Oh oh oh oh oh oh
the tents go up as I go down
down to the flats and into the sound
the closer I get to the city is the further I am from memory
in the green grass looking up
for the words of the angry sun
no one
when he says no one
yeah he means no one
no one
No one will survive Ash Wednesday alive
no soldier no lover no father no mother not a lonely child
in the up and in the bedroom
a black and white of the bride and her groom
will bring me to my knees with the colourised bad dream
that takes its place on Ash Wednesday
White noise and love
will be my only drug
on that day nine suns away from that sad, sad Saturday
when fire my friend fire my villain
will take away yesterday to give to me today
but not for free no, now it's Ash Wednesday
So each day is Ash Wednesday
oh this life is Ash Wednesday
and all the doors are shut
and the windows barely opened up
the fire's all around it's the ending of the drought
and we are ready now
for tear gas clouds
on my mind come on fill the house
finally it will weep for its king and its queen asleep
both now in the arms of Ash Wednesday
No one no one