long ago, and oh so far away
i fell in love with you before the second show
your guitar, it sounds so sweet and clear
but youre not really here
its just the radio
rows of houses all bearing down on me
i can feel their blue hands touching me
all these things into position
all these things we’ll one day swallow whole
and fade out again and fade out
this machine will not communicate
these thoughts and the strain I am under
be a world child, form a circle
before we all go under
and fade out again and fade out again
cracked eggs, dead birds
scream as they fight for life
i can feel death, can see it’s beady eyes
all these things into position
all these things we’ll one day swallow whole
and fade out again and fade out again
so, so you think you can tell Heaven from Hell, blue skies from pain.
can you tell a green field from a cold steel rail? a smile from a veil?
do you think you can tell?
and did they get you to trade your heroes for ghosts? hot ashes for trees? hot air for a cool breeze? hold comfort for change?
and did you exchange a walk on part in the war for a lead role in a cage?
how i wish, how i wish you were here.
we’re just two lost souls swimming in a fish bowl, year after year
running over the same old ground
what have you found? the same old fears.
wish you were here…
shot by karl lagerfeld
modelled by erin wasson, sasha pivovarova, irina lazareanu, oliver zahm, milla jovovich, lou doillon, sean lennon, lara stone, andre, uffie
