The Unfinished Sympathy – The Cliff Behind The Hill lyrics

I walk along a trail of bones of mice and stones and broken figures
Of a wedding cake with the dancing couple hiding rusty blades
To slash their throats like holes in boats
With water singing “hey you’re sinking”
And the horns of thousand churches singing little happy songs
I walk along a landmine bomb ground with my daughter in one hand
And with a hatchet in the other for whatever mean may come
And once again those chimes and bells and navy shells announcing changes
Will I ever lay in my fucking head on bed and try to sleep
Oh lord I know you’re not there
As the rain won’t fall and the stars won’t shine and the moon won’t glow tonight
Will I walk along this trail of nonsense for a while
Or for a lifetime
For a lifetime
For a lifetime