Love & loss
Love & loss
She walked away
- arms folded, head bowed down
And I'm the saddest man in town
Such a fool and man I know it
-can't believe I blow it
She's gone
and all I can do is grieve
Sing the same 'ol melody
Love & loss, love & loss
- man, that's all for me
I got mountains of regrets
Got sack-loads of woe
I got lots of explanations
But they don't matter anymore
She walked away
- she walked away
And it's true just what they say
Love & loss in a circle game
Going round in a circle game
I done her wrong
- now I'm waking up to the loss
what a fool I really was
even failed to let her down
but it stays in orbit an' comes around
And all I can do is grieve
sing that same 'ol melody
Love & loss, love & loss
- man, that's all for me
Was like if she'd held back time
Halfway through my door
That second felt like eons
Still my words fell to the floor
She walked away
-she walked away
And it's true just what they say:
Love & loss in a circle game,
going round in a circle game
Now she's trembling on my doorstep
Eyes locked in to mine
I can feel my lips trembling
But my tongue remains tied
She walked away
-she walked away
And it's true just what they say:
Love & loss in a circle game,
going round in a circle game Red Lamp
Splintered glass on a sidewalk, but the crowd is long dispersed
It's a temptress evening moon trying to make us forget what we've heard
But the sound of fourteen gunshots, fired in the name of the law
Still bouncing off these streets, still ringing off these walls
And I hear the woman cry, í¢â¬?my son and the only oneí¢â¬?
She's still weeping on the corner, my lord and they shot him down
So when the High Comissioner defends his men
Says they took a justifiable stand
I turn the red lamp down low
And wait for you to come
I turn the red lamp down low
'Til you make it safe back home, safe back home
Fourteen shots in the name of the law, none of them was returned
The boy had a waterpistol, but there was no time to learn
So pay attention to the moon, and it's apologetic light
Knowing there's no compensation for the darkness that fell tonight
And I hear the woman cry, í¢â¬?my son and the only oneí¢â¬?
She's still weeping on that corner í¢â¬?my lord and they shot him downí¢â¬?
Try not to think of a downward spiral
Try not to think of sinking slow
I turn the red lamp down low
And wait for you to come
I turn the red lamp down low
'Til you make it safe back home, safe back home
Fourteen shots in twenty seconds
Sixteen years come to an end
The High Comissioner shuffles his feet and repeats his statement again
Then everything is silence:
Not a moan, not even a sigh
On a quiet street they stopped the time
and the moon was covering it's eyes
